#threebodyproblems

In our latest Skype chat with another professional astronomer, Jeff and I talk to Dr. Natalie Gosnell, a professor of Physics at Colorado College. She works on stars that have crashed into each other, and is also an awesome mentor for her students.

One of the best things about being a professional astronomer is having really cool friends. Since I now live on the other side of the world from most of them, my latest project involves Skyping with fun astronomers to talk about their work.

I’m very excited about this latest one, because it features the awesome Moiya McTier (who also featured in the panel following my screening of Galaxy Quest last year) talking about an amazing project figuring out how we might discover mountains on extrasolar planets. This woman is seriously cool!