Michelle Thaller

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.

4 min
What role can art play in science? An unexpectedly important one, says NASA's Michelle Thaller.
Trash on earth is pretty bad. But space trash is at a whole other level.
What are the different types of rocket engines and will there be a rocket engine coming in the future that uses very little energy? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains.
NASA's Michelle Thaller shares her prediction of what it will take to get people to Mars, including what role Elon Musk will play in that effort.
Can radiation in space limit human exploration? It's a real challenge, explains NASA's Michelle Thaller.
Michelle Thaller from NASA examines if it's possible to put up a giant disk to block out the sun's rays and cool Earth.
If we ever discover the true size of the universe, we'll likely have galaxies to thank. The trillions of massive star clusters we've observed are sending light from the early universe back to us.