News Updates

2024

YTD animation views: >27M (Youtube, Facebook, et al.)

November

• November 22: Interviewed by The New York Times
  About Martian moons Phobos and Deimos
  Source: The New York Times

October

• October 10: Interviewed by The New York Times
  About Jupiter's Great Red Spot
  Sources: The New York Times | Repost by MSN | Repost by Railly News Repost by Hawaii Tribune Herald
• October 9: Appeared in documentary for PBS NOVA
  Subject Matter Expert on "Solar System," filmed on location in the Canary Islands
  Sources: PBS NOVA | Uni of Reading
• October 7 and 14: Comments featured by EarthSky and The Week
  About NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft mission to Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter
  Sources: EarthSky | The Week
• October 7: Appeared in documentary for The BBC, reported by Space.com and inkl
  Content Matter Expert on camera and a leading academic consultant on "Solar System" with Prof. Brian Cox
  Sources: BBC iPlayer | Space.com | inkl | Uni of Reading
• October 4: Authored an article for The Conversation
  On NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft mission to Europa, icy moon of Jupiter
  Sources: The Conversation | Repost by Yahoo News | Repost by Phys.org | Repost by Weather Network

September

• September 20: Animation featured on Business Insider and AOL
  About Seasons, Solstice/Equinox, and the arrival of the first day of fall
  Sources: Business Insider and AOL
• September 3 and 5: Comments featured by The NY Post, The Mirror, IFLS and Indian Express
  About Saturn's disappearing rings
  Sources: NY Post, The Mirror, and IFLS
• September 3: Interviewed by Wokingham Today and Reading Chronicle
  About International Observe the Moon Night and public telescope use at the University
  Sources: Wokingham Today | Reading Chronicle | Indian Express

August

• August 18: Comments featured by The Times
  About water on Mars and its implications for the search for alien life
  Source: The Times
• August 5: Animation featured by CNN Indonesia
  About Earth's orbit around the Sun
  Source: CNN Indonesia

July

• July 16: Animation featured by NDTV
  About the Earth's orbit around something near the Sun, explained by NASA
  Source: NDTV
• July 10: Animation featured by Kerala Kaumudi
  About the Earth's orbit and related scientific concepts
  Source: Kerala Kaumudi

June

• June 19: Animation featured by The Weather Network
  About the summer solstice
  Source: The Weather Network
• June 17: Animation featured by IFLScience
  About Earth's orbit and the technicality that we don't orbit the Sun's centre
  Source: IFLScience
• June 13: Comments featured by The New York Times
  About Mars auroras and solar storms
  Source: The New York Times

May

• May 31: Interviewed by CNN
  About the six-planet alignment in the "Planet Parade"
  Source: CNN
• May 21: Gave a public lecture for The Royal Astronomical Society
  About planetary science and the unexpected use of animation in communicating science
  Source: RAS Public Lecture
• May 14: Interviewed by ITV Meridian TV
  About the Auroras seen in the UK
  Source: ITV Meridian TV
• May 10: Comments featured by The Journal
  About the Northern Lights visible in Europe
  Source: The Journal

March

• March 22: Interviewed by The BBC, The Indian Express, Reading.co.uk and Heart Radio Berkshire
  About our success obtaining JWST telescope time to look at Saturn and Uranus
  Sources: BBC News | The Indian Express | Reading.co.uk
• March 19: Animation featured by The Weather Network
  About the earliest vernal equinox in 128 years
  Source: The Weather Network

February

• February 27: Article made exclusively about animation by Business Insider
  About why leap years are necessary and what happens without them
  Source: Business Insider
• February 26: Article made exclusively about animation by Vox
  About the science of leap years and calendar explanations
  Source: Vox

January

• January 22, 2024: Authored a blog for University of Reading Met. Dept.
  About the evolution and destruction of Saturn’s rings
  Source: University of Reading Blog

2023

December

• December 29: Article exclusively about animation featured by Sorae
  About space science and related animations
  Source: Sorae
• December 17 and 25: Comments featured by Toronto Sun and The Mirror
  About Saturn's equinox and the disappearance of its rings from Earth's view
  Sources: Toronto Sun and The Mirror

November

• November 22: Image credit featured by ScienceAlert
  In an article about the James Webb Space Telescope discovering a young galaxy with a surprising amount of metals
  Source: ScienceAlert
• November 6-22: Comments featured by several outlets
  About the disappearance of Saturn's rings during the Saturn equinox in 2025
  Sources: Knewz, Greek Reporter, Indian Express (Nov 12), CBS News, The Mirror, Free Press Journal, Newsweek, Indy100, Green Matters, and Fox 5 Atlanta

September

• September 7, 2023: Co-hosted a live observing event with the Royal Astronomical Society
  Live observing of Jupiter from telescopes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii
  Source: Royal Astronomical Society

August

• 2 Aug, 2023 – Commentary featured by HowStuffWorks
  About Saturn’s rings being a blip in time.
  Source: HowStuffWorks

July

• 20 and 28 July, 2023 – Commentary featured by Sky at Night and Economy Middle East
  About Saturn's rings disappearing quickly.
  Sources: Sky at Night Magazine and Economy Middle East

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