In 2018 , Mack was chosen to be one of the judges for Nature magazine 's newly founded Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Science and Innovating Science . In February 2019 Mack appeared in an episode of The Jodcast , talking about her work and science communication . Mack was a member of the jury for the Alfred P. Sloan Prize in the 2019 Sundance Film Festival . In 2019 , she was referenced on the Hozier track ' No Plan ' from his album Wasteland , Baby ! : " As Mack explained , there will be darkness again . " She is a member of the Sloan Science & Film community , where she works on science fiction . Her first book , '' The End of Everything '' , is being published by Simon & Schuster in 2020 . It considers the different ways the universe could end . Simon & Schuster won the rights to Mack 's first book after an eight-way bidding battle
2019 Sundance Film Festival
2019 Sundance Film Festival
Katie Mack (astrophysicist)