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Get Started with Science Blogging
As a scientist you might be wondering if blogging is for you and what the benefits are if you decide to start blogging. Especially since time and resource are limited factors for you, so you want to prioritize your efforts to get a high impact.
Build Your Online Identity to Match Your Scientific Work
You might be thinking "I'm not even using any online media to promote myself - I just have a page with contact info on my local university website. I don't need anything else. My science speaks for itself." Well, here is the thing: You *are* branding yourself!
Explore Tycho Brahe Digitally
Download Tycho Brahe's observations as ebooks for free. An outreach project with University of Southern Denmark.
New Initiative to Inspire Girls and Women in Science
A new initiative from Women In Physics. We want to promote Danish women in physics and we are excited about our new instagram account.
Astronomer Looking Over Tycho Brahe’s Shoulder
Currently, I am collaborating with the research library at University of Southern Denmark. They have a special collection of old books, some of them from Tycho Brahe. I am working on making them public, so everyone can enjoy this blast from the past!
Christmas at Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg
Today is the birthday of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. He lived from 1546 to 1601, where he died in Prague. He discovered SN1572, which we today know is a supernova, but back then he thought to have discovered a new star. For this reason he published the famous "De Stella Nova" in 1573, which … Continue reading Christmas at Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg
Collaboration with Danish YouTuber
A few months ago I was contacted by the Danish YouTube'r Ronnie Skov. He runs a vlog, where more than 18.000 active subscribers follow him as he uploads 3-4 new videos per week.
The Sagan Effect
Science outreach is a two-sided coin. A saint and a devil. On one side it explains science to the public and hence increases the general level of knowledge. On the other side a stigma exists in research environments, namely that researchers who do outreach also do less rigorous scientific work.
Are Stellar Zombies Real?
The recent attention on the neutron star merger GW170817 has made many people, who would not otherwise come across astronomy online, curious about space and specifically gravitational waves sources like neutron stars. I love this type of star so what is more fitting than to spread the love. I previously presented you three crazy features in neutron stars, one of them being the accreting nature in binary systems - and these are exactly the systems we will look into here.