NASA Research Engineer Follows His Passion in Developing Signal Processing Systems Damon Bradley is a research engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where his current research interests include statistical signal processing, information theory, Earth remote sensing, satellite scientific instrumentation, and compressive sensing. Damon has 16 years of experience developing scientific instrumentation for astrophysics,… Learn more
Planetery Geologist and NASA’s Former Chief Scientist, Ellen Stofan If you want fascinating insights into the terrain of Venus, Mars, or the Saturn Moon Titan, planetary geologist Ellen Stofan is the person to ask. As NASA’s former Chief Scientist, she is also the go-to expert on a host of other challenging frontiers in space exploration…. Learn more
Black Holes, Supernovae and Dark Energy –The World of Mario Livio Mario Livio is a world-renowned astrophysicist who delves into such mysteries as Black Holes, Dark Energy, supernova explosions and the possibility of intelligent life in the universe, but his road to such lofty scientific study was clouded with strife at an early age as… Learn more
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves: Changing the Face of Physics With Maura McLaughlin Like the stars she studies, astrophysicist Maura McLaughlin has reached some lofty heights in her young career as she works to shed further light on the Universe and the physical laws governing it, including Einstein’s theory of relativity. Maura is an assistant astrophysics… Learn more
Tristan Hübsch: The Power and Mystery of High Energy Particle Physics Physics is technically defined as the scientific study of matter, energy, force, and motion and how these elements interact and relate to each other. But noted physicist and mathematician Tristan Hübsch prefers to take the definition even deeper, likening this science in many… Learn more
From the High Mountains of Mexico to the Ice of the South Pole — Welcome to the Research World of Physicist Jordan Goodman Talk about high-adventure physics! As a noted researcher in particle astrophysics, Jordan Goodman, professor and former Chair of Physics Department at the University of Maryland, is currently focused on two ambitious experimental efforts… Learn more
Meet NASA’s ‘Mohawk Guy’: An Ambassador for Science As Curiosity – NASA’s intrepid Mars rover – made its historic descent into the atmosphere of the Red Planet August 2012, the millions of earthlings watching the live feed at home seemed to have just one question: Who’s the guy with the mohawk hairdo? The young man garnering… Learn more
Explore the Achievements of the International Space Station With Astronaut and CASIS Executive, Greg Johnson Gregory H. Johnson is the President and Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). In his remarkable career, he also served as a NASA astronaut — piloting two Space Shuttle missions — in addition to… Learn more
Everything Excites Me About My Work!´: Explore the World of Exoplanets With Astronomer Johanna Teske Using the Most Powerful Telescopes in Science! The search for life outside our planet has always inspired Johanna Teske, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science´s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, and led her to pursue her groundbreaking work in astronomy…. Learn more
Explore Ultracold Plasmas and Quantum Physics With Steve Rolston! Until fairly recently, a “cold” plasma – a gas of ionized atoms – was anything cooler than 10,000 Kelvin. (Kelvin being the absolute unit of measurement for thermodynamic temperature used in chemistry, physics and other physical sciences.) But within the last 15 years, atomic physicists have… Learn more
