Writing for a General Audience

2013-present. On my blog planetplanet.net I write about a number of things: new scientific ideas for the general public and imaginative science (e.g., building your own planetary system), as well as the occasional Dr Seuss-themed astronomy poem. I average about one new post per month (total of 60+ posts).
2018 Sculpting our planetary system. Published in American Scientist Sept 2018.
2018 How 'Oumuamua got shredded. Published in Nautil.us Apr 1, 2018.
2017. I Built a Stable Planetary System with 416 Planets in the Habitable Zone. Published in Nautil.us July 12, 2017.
2016.Our Nearest Star Has a Planet, and These Are the Ways It Could Be Habitable. Published in Nautil.us Aug 24, 2016.
2016. Science meets Science Fiction. Published on http://thinkncsc.com/blog Aug 2016.
2016 Our Solar System Would Be Weird Even If It Didn't Harbor Life. Published in Nautil.us July 6, 2016.
2015 The Mystery of the Missing Planets. Published in Nautil.us June 23, 2015.
2015. Reading Earth's Destiny in the `Blood Spatter' Around Other Stars. Published in Nautil.us May 11, 2015.
2015. Life in the dark: Could we make our home on a rogue planet without a Sun?. Published in Aeon.co April 9, 2015.
2015. The Genetics of the Earth and Moon. Published in Nautil.us April 8, 2015.
2015. Give Thanks to Jupiter, our Little Planet's Big Protector. Published in Nautil.us March 9, 2015.
2015. Forget Earth-Like; We'll First Find Aliens on Eyeball Planets. Published in Nautil.us Feb 20, 2015.
2003.Are We Alone in the Universe? the Search for an Answer Moves from Telescopes to Computers. USA Today magazine, Jan. 2005, pp 48-50 (cover story).