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Category: Cosmic Game Connections

Cosmic Game Connections, Science in Games Posted onMarch 21, 2023March 15, 2023

A Self-Regulating Star Cluster and The Hunger

A group of researchers recently found a star cluster that appears to be regulating how many new stars it can form. I discuss the result […] Read More

Cosmic Game Connections, Science in Games Posted onFebruary 21, 2023February 12, 2023

Galactic Tug-of-War and Catan Card Game

Recently astronomers found a galaxy whose star-formation abruptly stopped due to a messy game of tug-of-war with another galaxy. I discuss the result and how […] Read More

Video thumbnail with a woman standing in front of an image of a large planet and its sun. On the right side is a stripe of color with the title text: Spiraling Planet and Patchwork; Cosmic Game Connection
Cosmic Game Connections, Science in Games Posted onJanuary 17, 2023January 10, 2023

Spiraling Planet and Patchwork

A recent paper reported that the first planet observed by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is spiraling in toward its host star, destined to collide with […] Read More

Video thumbnail showing the video title on one side and a white woman holding a game box on the other side. The woman is in front of an image of a nebula with wispy white and red tendrils.
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onOctober 20, 2022

Haunting Starscape and Dead and Breakfast

It is October, which means it is time to celebrate the creepier side of the universe. I found a haunting image that shows the final […] Read More

Video thumbnail with text on the right side: JWST Images & Wild Serengeti, Cosmic Game Connections. On the left is the image of a white woman holding the Wild Serengeti game box with an image of Stephans Quintet galaxy grouping behind her.
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onAugust 31, 2022

JWST first images and Wild Serengeti

NASA’s JWST recently released its first full color images, and it had me thinking about Wild Serengeti. Why? I talk about the connection in this […] Read More

Right half says: A Rogue Black Hole and Karuba; Cosmic Game Connections. The left half has a black hole visualization in the background with a woman in front holding the Karuba game box
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onJuly 18, 2022

A Rogue Black Hole Treasure in the Jungle of Karuba

A recent paper confirmed that for the first time astronomers detected a solitary black hole freely floating through the Milky Way. Why is this so […] Read More

Right half has text: Stellar Rings & Meeple Circus; Cosmic Game Connections. Right half has an illustration of a star with rings around it with a woman in front, red and white striped curtains on the side, and a circus performer.
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onMay 27, 2022July 18, 2022

Stellar Rings and Meeple Circus

Recently, NRAO announced that scientists using its ALMA and Hubble had spied six rings of material around a dying sun-like star called V Hya. This […] Read More

Right half has text: Magnetar Hotspots and Bunny Kingdom; cosmic Game Connections. Left half has a magnetar illustration in the background and woman in front. Bunny ears are visible between the two halves.
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onApril 21, 2022July 18, 2022

Magnetar Hotspots & Bunny Kingdom

NASA’s NICER telescope recently watched as three hotspots on the surface of a crushed stellar core migrated and merged together. I discuss the result and […] Read More

Right half is text saying: Exploring Ancient Waters with Oceanos, Cosmic Game Connections. The left half has ocean water in the background with a woman in front holding a copy of the game Oceanos
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onMarch 5, 2022July 18, 2022

Exploring Ancient Waters and Oceanos

A recent paper revealed that astronomers had found water in the largest galaxy in the early universe using a telescope array known as ALMA. I […] Read More

Right side has text: Paleo Planetarium, Cosmic Game Connections; Left side is a photo of a woman holding the Paleo game box
Cosmic Game Connections Posted onDecember 26, 2021July 18, 2022

Ancient Planetarium and Paleo

Could one of the caves in Lascaux represent an ancient planetarium? Find out more about this possibility and see how I connect it to the […] Read More

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I’ve been a lifelong gamer and an astronomer — I see the universe in everything I do.

Here I’ll be posting a collection of reviews, game night re-caps, and anything gaming I feel like writing about. I also create content for a YouTube channel, including videos where I connect astronomy and board games.

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