Brian Koberlein

Astrophysicist and Author

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Signs of Life
Oxygen could indicate presence of life on another world, but finding oxygen isn’t enough.
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Flattening the Curve
Some brown dwarfs rotate so fast that they are flattened spheres.
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Big and Fast
The size of asteroids depends on turbulence in the early solar system.
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Coming to a Middle
A team of astronomers has used gravitational lensing to find an intermediate mass black hole.
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The Droogs of Space Jam
Copyright, a $500 deal, and how to feature an ultraviolent anti-hero in this summer’s biggest children’s movie.
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Sing a Song
Astronomers study neutron stars using a method made famous by jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
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Get Used to Disappointment
A new study of reactionless drives shows they don’t work, which is what we figured all along.
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More Than Meets the Eye
A new look at the black hole in M87 tells us about the magnetic fields that drive its activity.