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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3 min
Hard Science
This is not what an atom really looks like
Artistic depictions of the atom have deceived us all.
Michelle Thaller
4 min
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
4 min
Hard Science
NASA’s zero-gravity plane: How astronauts train for microgravity
A lot goes into being weightless.
Michelle Thaller
5 min
Hard Science
Is time real or is it an illusion?
Light exists outside of time.
Michelle Thaller
5 min
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
4 min
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
3 min
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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