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Science in Games Posted onDecember 23, 2018January 6, 2023

A Side of Science: Measuring the speed of things

In my latest video, I talked about how the Gaia mission discovered some “Milky Way interlopers” in our galaxy that were moving differently than expected […] Read More

Science in Games Posted onDecember 11, 2018January 6, 2023

A Side of Science: Mapping our home galaxy

I find pictures of spiral galaxies to be one of the most beautiful cosmic images. These galaxies are those grand disks of stars with 2 […] Read More

Cosmic Game Connections Posted onNovember 28, 2018November 28, 2018

Cosmic Game Connections: Milky Way Interlopers and Small World

 Researchers recently discovered stars in our galaxy that weren’t moving the way they should if they had been born in the Milky Way. Where […] Read More

Science in Games Posted onSeptember 23, 2018January 6, 2023

A Side of Science: the Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole

In my last Cosmic Game Connection, I talked about red nugget galaxies – an ancient type of galaxy found in data from the early universe […] 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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