7 Jun 2025

Astrophysicist Dr Michelle Thaller

From Saturday Morning, 9:35 am on 7 June 2025
SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster – from Hubble on the left, and JWST on the right. Hundreds more galaxies are visible in JWST’s infrared image.

SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster – from Hubble on the left, and JWST on the right. Hundreds more galaxies are visible in JWST’s infrared image. Photo: NASA/STSci

Matariki is just around the corner, and flying in for the event is renowned NASA science communicator Dr Michelle Thaller.

Michelle has worked for NASA for 28 years, and just ten minutes before speaking with Mihi she received some very exciting news!

Michelle is in Aotearoa for a series of speaking events including a kōrero on how our breath is literally as vast as a galaxy.

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