Alumnus Eric Berger Reflects on the Joys of Science Communication

February 4, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Meet Eric Berger (B.S. Astronomy, '95), Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and Editor at Space City Weather.


Portrait of a man in a jacket standing at the shore of a body of water with clouds overhead

Eric Berger. Photo credit: Brent Humphreys.

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The complicated structure at the centre of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. There is a bright source at the centre that is surrounded by greenish nebulosity and several looping lines in cream, orange and pink. One of these lines appears to form a ring oriented vertically and nearly edge-on around the bright source at the centre. Other lines trace out a figure eight shape. Moving outward from these complex lines and green nebulosity, there is a section of red light on either side of the object.

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An illustration demonstrating how a solar system is tilted with respect to the axis of its central star

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