Max Alexander Portraits
Oct 12Just a short post to draw your attention to this really cool collection of portraits by photographer Max Alexander. A wide range of people - all astronomers - are shown in quirky these photo portraits that refer to their fields of research.
Astronomy du Jour
Aug 20
I am once again enjoying a timeout in Provence, where I have dark, clear skies most nights and a supply of good wine and too much cheese
How I Got Into Astronomy
May 21How did I get into astronomy? I was born in 1981 so my formative years were the late 80s and early 90s. I am an astronomer forged from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Hubble Space Telescope and of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. I would say that those were the things that got me into astronomy? What got you into astronomy? I'd be interested to know. In the spirit of sharing, here's my story.
Bienvenue OverTwitter
May 11I have been working on a way to internationalize (is that a word?) my OverTwitter feeds, which predict visible passes of satellites as well as Iridium flares. It started to become embarrassing that the @overparis, @overmadrid and @overberlin feeds were not in French, Spanish and German, for example. I think it is technically now possible and so I am putting out a personal plea for...
Close Encounters
May 05Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the BBC in Birmingham to help edit The Sky at Night as an astronomy researcher. The episode was about near-Earth objects, specifically 2008TC3, which crash landed in the Sudan last year, after being tracked from space. You can currently catch the episode on the BBC iPlayer. The BBC was very nice and friendly and the whole thing was really interesting to...
Science or Fiction?
Jan 19
I am part of a new podcast called Science or Fiction, that takes a light-hearted looks at the science behind science fiction. We already have four episodes out in the wild, with more on the way.
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