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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
30 Second Science: Michelle Thaller
Season 2012
Episode 5
We give Michelle Thaller 30 seconds to describe her science, and she tells us where she came from. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She loves to study binary stars and the life cycles of the stars. In her off-hours, Michelle often puts on about 30 lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances.
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