Well, I am very excited to finally announce that I have been invited to appear on StarTalk Live in New York (New York, so good they named it twice). It’s being recorded tonight (Monday September 21st) but what’s even more exciting is that the show will be at the Beacon Theater on Broadway in front of a 2500 strong audience. For those not in ‘the know’, the show is hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson who is an astrophysicist based at the American Museum of Natural History and Director of the Hayden Planetarium. Neil is also a very popular broadcaster and science communicator in the USA. I’ll update more on here on my return because I’ve been sworn to secrecy until the event, I can’t wait to meet Neil and the other guests on the show. I’ll be covering topics related to my research so you can expect comets, asteroids, Rosetta, outer Solar System, Kuiper Belt, and there’ll also be some Pluto chat.
Luckily, everyone can listen to these shows, even if you aren’t based in the USA because they’re all available for FREE on iTunes!! Although it may take a few months for the show I’m in to be edited as a podcast.
Because it is sort of a long way to go, I’m also giving a research seminar at the American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday 22nd September. Here I’ll be talking about my primary research: ‘An insight into the early Solar System from the analysis of cometary dust’. Then it’s straight back home to reality…