Selected Media Coverage

 Research from my group has been covered by The New York Times, BBC News, CNN, The Washington Post, USA Today, NBC News, Science News, and Sky and Telescope, among others.

2026 - KUSI News: Local astronomer analyzes photos from the Artemis II mission. American Astronomical Society: AAS names 23 new Fellows for 2026.

2025 - The New York Times: What a signal in a failed star's clouds means for the search for life. The Conversation: Mysterious molecule found on a brown dwarf casts doubt on potential signs of life on Venus.

2025 - The New York Times: Scientists find a quadruple star system in our cosmic backyard. NBC 7 San Diego: Barrio Logan festival keeps science and arts alive for future generations.

2024 - The New York Times: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way. USA Today, Fox 5 San Diego, and ABC 10: UC San Diego professor watches the total solar eclipse from a cruise ship. 

2023 - Sky and Telescope: Astronomers spot a tiny binary system. CBS 8 San Diego: Barrio Logan elementary students board a cruise ship to learn about the solar eclipse.

2022 - Keck Observatory: Astronomers discover the widest separation of a brown dwarf pair to date.

2021 - Science News: Here's how cool a star can be and still achieve lasting success.

2020 - Sky and Telescope: Citizen scientists help discover weird brown dwarfs. Phys.org: Cool worlds near the Sun.

2017 - KPBS and NBC San Diego: San Diego astronomer finds more Earth-sized planets, on the TRAPPIST-1 discovery.

2016 - The Washington Post and CNN: These three Earth-like planets may be our best chance yet at detecting life.

2015 - Sky and Telescope: A star's closest flyby to the Sun. 

2014 - BBC News: Violent weather forecast for failed stars.

2008 - NBC News: Not the brightest bulbs in space. 

2006 - USA Today: Wild weather, iron rain on failed stars.

2002 - CNN and The New York Times: Storm-like activity found on distant brown dwarfs. 

1999 - NASA JPL: Astronomers find the Sun's coolest neighbors, the first T dwarf discoveries.