Freelance science writing
I have been writing articles about astronomy since I began graduate school, which are linked below. Unfortunately, the Astronomy and Sky & Telescope articles are behind pay walls- please contact me if you want to read a copy.
Sky & Telescope magazine
“Tuning in to Radio Jupiters,” Sky & Telescope, January 2014
“Tales from the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory,” Sky & Telescope, January 2013 issue, p. 70.
Scientific American
“Didn’t Scientists Already Know where Cosmic Rays Come From?” Scientific American website, September 22, 2017
“Stuff Physicists Don’t Understand- Sonoluminescence” Scientific American website, October 14, 2016
Astronomy magazine
“A big eye on the violent universe,” Astronomy, March 2013 cover article
“Untangling the Magnetic Universe,” Astronomy, April 2016
“The Weirdest Star in the Universe,” Astronomy, September 2015
“The Telescope at the End of the World,” Astronomy, February 2015
“Secret Lives of Supermassive Stars,” Astronomy, May 2014
“Spacecraft: Where Are They Now?” Astronomy, December 2013
“Visit Southern California’s Top Astronomy Sites,” Astronomy, December 2011 issue, p. 64.
“Visit Northern California’s Top Astronomy Sites,” Astronomy, July 2011 issue, p. 50.
Discover magazine
“When Will it be Game Over for the Universe?” Discover, March 2017
“Anomaly From Above,” Discover, June 2015
“Ever Dream of Becoming an Astronaut? Now’s Your Chance” Discoverwebsite, December 2015
I was a regular contributor to the Astrobites website, a site where recent astronomical journal papers are summarized at an undergraduate level.
The first discovery of a Thorne–Żytkow Object?
Scientific publications submitted and accepted
- RFI Flagging Implications for Short-Duration Transients. Y. Cendes et al., Astronomy & Computing, submitted.
- The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) I. Survey description and first results. G. H. Heald & 140 authors including Y. Cendes. 2015, A&A, in press. [arxiv: 1509.01257]
- LOFAR MSSS: Detection of a low-frequency radio transient in 400 hrs of monitoring of the North Celestial Pole. Stewart, A.J. & coauthors including Y. Cendes. 2015, MNRAS, accepted. [arxiv: 1512.00014]
- The LOFAR Transients Pipeline. Swinbank, John D. & 27 authors including Cendes, Yvette. 2015, Astronomy and Computing, 11, p. 25-48 [arxiv: 1503.01526]
- LOFAR Observations of Swift J1644+57 and Implications for Short-Duration Transients. Cendes, Y. et al., 2015, A&A, submitted. [arxiv: 1412.3986]
- New methods to constrain the radio transient rate: results from a survey of four fields with LOFAR. Carbone, D. & 25 authors including Cendes, Y. N. 2015, MNRAS, submitted. [arxiv:
1411:7928]
Other articles and Appearances
Is Star Wars allemaal fantasie, of leven er toch ergens Wookiees? (“Is Star Wars all fantasy, or do Wookies exist?”) Interview in English
A South Pole Eye on the Sky,” CWRU Art/Sci Magazine, spring/summer 2014
The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN- guest on the hour-long show to talk about cosmic rays on April 12, 2010. It was a great warm-up for the Science Cafe Cleveland my adviser and I hosted that night!
“Searching for Missing Mass“- An article on dark matter for the Journal of Young Investigators. I wrote quite a few articles for them. See the full archive