Awards and Honors

NPR’s Science Friday Best Summer Science Book (2020)

American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award, Articles (2016, 2000)

Fellowship, visiting journalist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (2013, 2012)

Acoustical Society of America’s Science Writing Award (2013)

American Astronomical Society’s Solar Physics Division Popular Writing Award (2012)

Frequent guest on National Public Radio’s Science Friday (2010 – present)

David N. Schramm award, High-Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society (2008)

Knight Fellowship on astronomy at MIT (2007)

David N. Schramm award, High-Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society (2003)

Popular Writing award, Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society (2002)

Gravity’s Century

A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory.

Recent Works

Why quantum theory is just like magic (and Einstein deserves more credit in this field than he gets), Nature, Oct 28, 2024 (pdf)

Black holes, love and poetry–an artistic exploration of intimacy and adventure,
Nature, Dec 19, 2023

Giant plume spotted erupting from moon of Saturn might contain ingredients for life,
Science, May 30, 2023