Michelle Thaller
Assistant Director for Science Communication, NASA
Michelle Thaller is an astronomer and Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Is information intrinsic in our universe? NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains.
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NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains what happens when the densest stars in the galaxy collide.
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Astronomer Michelle Thaller explains the healing power of physics after losing her husband.
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Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang.
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Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang
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Google maps won’t guide you to Mars – but will your compass work in space?
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Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller explains how a solar storm could wipe out civilization… and what we can do to prevent catastrophe.
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Astronomer Michelle Thaller schools us on what atoms really look, the Big Bang theory, and the speed of light.
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Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller talks ISS and why NICER is so important.
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Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.
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Being stuck at home is not as intense as being away from Earth, but there are ways to cope in either scenario.
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We have arrived: Big Think’s most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.
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Next on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown, black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller explains what astronomers actually do, and how can you become one.
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We still don’t have proof of intelligent life beyond that on Earth.
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Stargazing is a form of time travel.
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Stargazing is a form of time travel.
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Going back to the moon will give us fresh insights about the creation of our solar system.
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The recent photo of a black hole is something extraordinary. Here’s why.
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Gigantic explosions of light are reverberating across the universe.
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The periodic table was a lot simpler at the beginning of the universe.
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We are hurtling through space. But where are we going?
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Black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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Light exists outside of time.
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There are places in our solar system where you can fly.
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Artistic depictions of the atom have deceived us all.
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It’s one of the most consistent patterns in the unviverse. What causes it?
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