Adam Frank

Adam Frank

Astrophysicist

adam frank

Adam Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a leading expert on the final stages of evolution for stars like the sun. Frank's computational research group at the University of Rochester has developed advanced supercomputer tools for studying how stars form and how they die. A self-described “evangelist of science," he is the author of four books and the co-founder of 13.8, where he explores the beauty and power of science in culture with physicist Marcelo Gleiser.

multiverse
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
climate change
Any alien civilization that grows to span an entire planet would spark the same effects that we have. So, what do we do about it?
consciousness
What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?
The weirdness begs for an interpretation.
advanced civilization
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?
supermassive black hole
Astronomers in 2017 caught an image of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy far, far away. Doing it in our own galaxy is a huge milestone.
science
Nature is a whole. The sciences should be, too.