Writing
Here is a selected overview of my recent writing projects and activities. For my scientific publications, see Research
Articles (English and Dutch)
“Astronomers for Planet Earth”: Eos (article, 19. 7. 2021)
“Taking stock of cosmic rays in the solar system”: Eos (article, 5. 5. 2021)
“How Often Do Chicxulub-level Asteroids Hit Earth?”: Sky & Telescope (article, 23. 7. 2021)
“Metal-poor stars shed light on the origin of gold”: Sky & Telescope (article, 2. 6. 2021)
“The Hubble Space Telescope as cosmic-ray detector”: Sky & Telescope (article, 5. 5. 2021)
“Triple star recipe for supersized stellar-mass black holes”: Astronomy Magazine (article, 2. 3. 2021)
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“Mapping the Universe with the largest optical telescope in the world”: published in Amsterdam Science (article, Sep 2020)
“Gammaflitsen: van enigma naar begrip”: Zenit (Jul 2020)
Articles (Slovenian)
I regularly write about science for the newspaper Delo, science web portal Kvarkadabra, and astronomy-focused web page Portal v vesolje. Here are just a few examples.
“Bliski v Arktičnem ledu”: published at Portal v Vesolje; about IceCube
“Zvezde ali zveze, je zdaj vprašanje”: published in Delo Znanost; about the effect of Starlink on astronomy, read more here for an English explanation
“Je življenje tudi drugod našlo pot”: published in Delo Znanost; where and how do astronomers search for life in space?
“Poljub gravitacije”: published at Kvarkadabra; about the sociological implications of the discovery of gravitational waves
“Barve na astronomskih slikah”: published at Kvarkadabra; about colors on astronomical images
“Čisto na kratko o raketah”: published at Portal v Vesolje; basic principles of rockets
“LIGO je odprl naše oči”: published at Metina lista; about the first direct detection of gravitational waves