Sofia Science Festival
The Sofia Science Festival, organized chiefly by the British Council in Bulgaria, is approaching, so here is a list of the program items I’ll be participa...
Category: Popular science
This year’s astrobiology seminar
The astrobiology seminar at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, starts this week. This time, we’ve got three guest speakers from abroad:...
Could we learn more about pulsar planets?
This is a question that has baffled me for some time. The first confirmed exoplanets were discovered around a pulsar, we know now of three – vastly differ...
My Worldcon program
The preliminary program for Worldcon 2017 is here! I’ll have a talk about exoplanets, five panels and a signing – not speaking of the myriad program...
2017: Swedish Odyssey AKA Astrobiology in Sweden
A yearly meeting of the Astrobiology Centre of the Stockholm University took place this month in Tällberg. Its sessions covered topics ranging from habitability...
A week+ later
This is a time machine of sorts, since I wrote this blogpost more than a week ago, but couldn’t log in on my tablet. Enjoy the trip into the past! * What ...
Space is a good place for countries to work together
Few people have a career record as impressive as Leroy Chiao: He’s an astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions, was the commander of ISS’ Expedition 10, ...
Making ESA ready for the future
At the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, I had the honor of being among the students awarded with ESA’s Student Sponsorship to attend the con...
Eurocon 2016: Venus, Fermi paradox and more
This year’s Eurocon is approaching fast! The convention will be held in Barcelona on November 4-6. The program has been ready for a couple of weeks, and t...
IAC 2016, Part 2: Moonshots and deep oceans
The International Astronautical Congress had been full of interesting talks, people and events. We’ve already discussed the budding race to Mars, but there was ...
