Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet’s Twin
My 2012 book on the search for habitable planets orbiting stars beyond the Sun
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Category: Cosmic Evolution
To Seek Out Distant Life: Astronomers Search for Signs of Life in the Skies of Distant Exoplanets
My July, 2013 cover story in Scientific American magazine on new ways to search for biological activity on planets orbiting distant stars.
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Cosmic Bulletins: Two Major Discoveries Rock Science
Article in TIME about the first direct detection of evidence for cosmic inflation when the universe was a fraction of a fraction of a second old
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Echo of the Big Bang
My 2003 book about the planning, building and launching of the WMAP satellite, which gave the first precise numbers to the age and composition of the universe, based on its observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation left over from the Big Bang
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Stardust and Cosmic Water
This short blog describes how scientists discovered water in the cosmos, most of it ice. I hope readers will gain both a deeper appreciation of water/ice and of our interconnectedness throughout the cosmos.
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Belonging to Earth and Sky Calendar 2014
Belonging to Earth and Sky Calendar is an artful, scientifically accurate and evocative presentation of our new creation story. It is a year long reminder of our connection to a revelatory universe.
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Reimagining the Cosmos, Interview with Brian Green
This is an interview on On Being with Krista Tippett.
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Where Do I Fit In? Cosmic Education and The Children’s House
This article beautifully explains how Cosmic Education, typically reserved for the Elementary aged child, shows signs and interest in the younger years and gives examples of what it looks like and how it allows children to take the first steps towards “fulfilling their cosmic roles and discovering their potential.”
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What is Dark Matter?
Neil deGrasse Tyson is always a joy to behold. Here he explains the complete ignorance we have as to the identity of what is normally called Dark Matter. Admitting ignorance is both necessary and humbling.
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Non-Scientists Talking Science, The Risk
This article was written specifically for the Deep Time Journey Network by Michael Lemonick, a science writer for TIME magazine, a Senior Writer, Climate Central, and a lecturer at Princeton University. The Deep Time Journey Network knowingly rides the precarious knife edge between science and the humanities. We feel that this conversation is of great […]
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