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Author Archives: Hanny

TEDxGhent announcement

Hello again! I’ve been doing so many fun things lately, that I haven’t found the time to share any of it online yet. I will in the next few weeks, but I’m currently in Ghent for their TEDx event first. Here’s the result of the interview I did for the Belgian Metro yesterday and more […]

The story of Hanny’s Voorwerp for The Huffington Post

I was asked recently to (re)write my story for The Huffington Post. They translated it to German, which looks like this: “Wie ich in meinem Wohnzimmer berühmt wurde”. Below you can read the English version.  It was an evening in the summer break, August 2007. I was sitting at my desk and – as a […]

Space recipes competition

Remember I was asked to be a jury member for this space recipes competition? Although I’d still love to do this, I am probably working on the day of the announcement of the winners. So I thought, if I’m not judging any recipes, then why not give this as an assignment to my own students? […]

“Working Together Apart”

A while ago I was asked permission to use a photo from my website for a new book. The photographer with whom I put them in touch gave permission too and we were both sent a copy. The book, written by Olsen & Olsen, is about the collaboration over the internet, which I – as […]

Stargazing with the family

After Steven and I had taken my little cousin and her parents to the Sterrenwacht Limburg for the National Stargazing Days, we had promised her a private show in her garden with our ‘scope another night too. My dad, my stepmum and my aunt’s twin sister came round for this as well and luckily, we […]