Wide field astronomy in Canada
Pristine science
2017…
Some commentary on where the community is at
2016…
And some more commentary in National Geographic about some excellent work from Gwen Eadie
2015…
IFL Science, on the true size of galaxies
Summer 2014…
Which is bigger, the Milky Way or Andromeda? Depending on your political leanings, you can find out at either the Huffington Post or the Daily Mail (both give the same result).
Summer 2013…
Pretty pictures!
Gemini Observatory press release and article about GeMS/GSAOI, featuring a segment about our observations of Milky Way globular clusters, particularly NGC1851
From January 2013…
Some local press on a recent Nature paper here…
…less-local press here, and a Space.com article here…
…and an interview on CBC Radio 1 “Quirks and Quarks”
New Scientist article on the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies
A Science article on Andromedean research…click here
From around Fall 2009…
My personal favourite…
“Contemplating the scale of the universe makes a mockery of household chores”
And don’t you just love the sound of your own voice….
Nature podcast (Massive galaxies are, err, massive!)
CBC Radio I “Quirks and Quarks”
Nature News and Views article:
Astrophysics: Hidden chaos in cosmic order, Nickolay Y. Gnedin
A selection of various media outlets…
ABC News, MSNBC/NBC, Fox News, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Scientific American, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC News, CBC News, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Independent, New Scientist, Times, AP (Wire), ABC (Australia), Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain)
Other not-so-recent press activity….
Press Release (28 May 07): `Olympian Galaxy’ Near Andromeda Gives Clues to How Galaxies Form
Various links: Fox News, Sky and Telescope, Newswise, etc
Press Release (27 Feb 06): Andromeda’s Stellar Halo Shows Galaxy’s Origin to Be Similar to That of Milky Way
Various links: Physorg.com,ScienceDaily.com, SpaceRef.com, SpaceFlight Now, `All I Need’, …
Insight, CFUV Radio
Guest interviewee, 24th and 31st November 2005. Discussion program, where we focused on astronomy, science and ‘the bigger picture’
Science The Hunt for Stealth Galaxies by Robert Irion. Featured news article about dwarf galaxies
Press release (2nd April 2004): Andromeda Galaxy: Cannibal on our Doorstep?
Science News: Foraging among the Galaxies: Andromeda’s dining habits are documented
Space.com: New Evidence of Cannibalism in Andromeda
Various others: Spaceflight Now,Innovations Report, Red Nova, Meta-religion(?!), …