Perseids…and a chat with BBC Science Focus podcast
The Perseids meteor shower just reached it peak. Did you get out to see any shooting stars? Were you wondering what exactly you saw? In this podcast I chatted with BBC Science Focus editor Alexander...
View ArticleNew StarTalk Radio episode: Comets, Asteroids, and the Psyche Mission, with...
Well, here it is. My newest StarTalk Radio podcast recorded in June at The Planetary Society in LA. We had such fun recording this as we were joined by my comic co-host Mo Welch, who is hilarious,...
View ArticleCatching Stardust Google Talk
Well, in August I was lucky enough to be invited to give a talk at Google LA (Venice Beach) as part of their Talks at Google series. We actually decided to do it as an interview style talk as we...
View ArticleStarTalk Radio NASA InSight podcast
Here is a recent podcast I made with StarTalk Radio all about the NASA Insight mission. This spacecraft is due to land on Mars this November so we thought it would be a good idea to learn a bit more...
View ArticleNorwich Science Festival talk
I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at Norwich Science Festival last week. I had a great time in the amazing little city and the audience (not shown above) were great, asking some really...
View ArticleIn conversation: Catching Stardust at California Institute of Integral Studies
In June I was invited along to the California Institute of Integral Studies Public Programs to chat about the science in my book Catching Stardust. The podcast recording of this is now available...
View ArticleMy first New Scientist feature! Where did Earth’s water come from?
I’m so excited as my first ever feature for New Scientist is out now! You can read it here. I always used to buy the magazine as a treat when I was younger, and when I could afford it. I never imagined...
View ArticleRead Science! interview
Here’s the lovely chat I had last week with Read Science!, hosted by Joanne Manaster and Jeff Shaumeyer. It was such a fun discussion that has differed in many ways to other interviews I’ve done about...
View ArticleA new job in public engagement at The Open University
I have a few bits of exciting news. Well, it turns out that jobs are apparently a bit like buses…you wait and wait for one to appear then two come along at once! I’ll deal with one of them here and...
View ArticleNew job writing the next Space Show at the American Museum of Natural...
My second piece of exciting news is that I have been invited to author the new Space Show at the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. I can’t give a lot more...
View ArticleTaster for Worlds Beyond Earth
For the last year I’ve been working on an exciting project: writing the script for the new space show at the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History. Next week I fly to New York...
View ArticleWorlds Beyond Earth at AMNH
Wow, I’m back from a whirlwind trip to New York having attended the press launch and premiere of the new planetarium space show at the The American Museum of Natural History: Worlds Beyond Earth,...
View ArticleAsteroid Day 2020
Asteroid Day 2020 is upon us. In this video I explain why the United Nations have designated June 30th as the day of asteroids and why we need to learn more about them. An asteroid might be on a...
View ArticleESA TV for Asteroid Day
I took part in this fantastic show for ESA TV as part of the Asteroid Day programming. It was produced by BoffinMedia and presented by Richard Hollingham who interviewed asteroid experts Dr Katie Joy,...
View ArticleStarTalk Cosmic Queries episode: Comet NEOWISE
I joined Neil de Grass Tyson (bottom left) and comedian Negin Farsad (top left) to answer questions sent in by StarTalk fans about Comet NEOWISE Here is my latest StarTalk Radio podcast, recorded live...
View ArticleJapan House, London JAXA series
This week I hosted this fantastic event online for Japan House, London introducing JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to the UK. The event focussed on JAXA’s aims and...
View ArticleNew StarTalk Cosmic Queries episode out now: Oumuamua
I was a guest on this week’s StarTalk Cosmic Queries episode all about the interstellar object Oumuamua, with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice. Check out the podcast below.
View ArticleCover design for Fire & Ice: The volcanoes of the solar system
I am so incredibly excited to share with you the cover design for my next book ‘Fire & Ice: The volcanoes of the solar system’. It’s now available for pre-order wherever you normally get your...
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