Michelle Thaller

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Michelle Thaller

Assistant Director for Science Communication, NASA

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Michelle Thaller is an astronomer and Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Hard Science
This is not what an atom really looks like
Artistic depictions of the atom have deceived us all.
Michelle Thaller
4mins
Hard Science
Why are so many objects in space shaped like discs?
It's one of the most consistent patterns in the unviverse. What causes it?
Michelle Thaller
3mins
Hard Science
NASA’s zero-gravity plane: How astronauts train for microgravity
A lot goes into being weightless.
Michelle Thaller
4mins
Hard Science
Is time real or is it an illusion?
Light exists outside of time.
Michelle Thaller
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Hard Science
The evolution of mathematics, from agriculture to quantum mechanics
Why is math the universal language? NASA's Michelle Thaller solves that one.
Michelle Thaller
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Hard Science
The science of expansion: Andromeda, gravity, and the ‘Big Rip’
If the universe is expanding in all directions, why is Andromeda hurtling toward the Milky Way?
Michelle Thaller
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Hard Science
Black hole death: How extreme tidal forces turn humans into spaghetti
Getting to close to a black hole is a nightmare waiting to happen.
Michelle Thaller
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