Media

2026

  • Popular Science: Earth’s closest alien life probably isn’t very advanced, says new study [link]
  • NAU News: Is a nearby advanced alien civilization out there waiting to pounce on Earth? Unlikely, says new study [link]

2023

  • AZ Daily Sun: Northern Arizona University students research asteroids as part of astroinformatics bootcamp [link]
  • NAU News: When trees are stressed, can they tell us? [link]

2022

  • NAU News: How an astroinformatics bootcamp is making the universe accessible [link]

2021

  • Astrobites: If you had $100 million, how would you look for aliens? [link]

2020

  • Astrobites: Emerging from the shadows: A method for detecting complex life on exoplanets [link]

2015

  • Science: Where SETI should search for intelligent life [link]
  • Gizmodo: Where In Our Galaxy Are All The Aliens? [link]

2011-2012

  • NASA’s online Astrobiology Magazine regarding my work on the Galactic Habitable Zone [link]
  • Astronomy Now: U.K. magazine regarding my work on the Galactic Habitable Zone [PDF]
  • MIT Technology Review regarding my work on the Galactic Habitable Zone [link]
  • Finding the Galactic Habitable Zone [link]
  • Trent University Showcase Magazine Fall 2011: World of Trent Alumni (pp. 4-5) [link]
  • The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, August 2012- The Distance from Computer Science to Astrobiology is “0” in Mike Gowanlock’s Universe [PDF]