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A new video from Veritasium exploring our understanding of black holes, with a bit of me in there.

A new video for The History of the Universe

I wrote a short essay on the Infinities of the Universe. You can read it here

Have you ever noticed when Hollywood seems to produce two similar movies at the same time? Armageddon and Deep Impact. Mission to Mars...

Recently, there was a little media buzz about one of my papers. With Brendon Brewer at the University of Auckland, I identified the time...

Our old friend Veritasium posted this probability problem a while ago on what is apparently the trickiest problem of them all. In the...

I don't have to tell you that there are good and bad science channels on youtube. Kurzgesagt is one of my favourites, always informative...

Late in 2022 (seems like so long ago) I discovered a new stream of stars in the Andromeda Galaxy. This structure, which we detect in the...

Oh my - I've realised that I have neglected this blog. This year has zipped along at high speed, and we are already into the second half....

My recent Pollock Memorial Lecture - "Most of our universe is missing! Adventures in the dark side of the cosmos" is now available on...

I scripted a new video for The Entire History of the Universe on the importance of symmetry in our understanding of the universe.

I chatted with Reason with Science about all kinds of things cosmological!

I spoke with Adherent Apologetics about fine-tuning.

Sorry for the break - teaching etc - but a few things have happened. With Tara Murphy, I gave the 2022 Einstein Lecture on gravitational...

A new video I scripted for The History of the Universe

A new episode of Alas Lewis and Barnes, exploring scientific controversies!

I was interviewed by Veritasium (Derek Muller) in his recent video on his hunt for dark matter. Check out the video here:

A two-hour discussion of one of the deep questions of the universe.

A new discussion on the Quantum of Cosmos Future over at Arts Wednesday. Just what will tomorrow bring? Let's use physics to find out!

In a new video by the History of the Universe, I explore the possible multiverses that might be out there!