Author: Charles Blue

is public information officer at NRAO, and has nearly 30 years of strategic communications experience in science, engineering, and technology. Charles has worked as the director of media services at the American Institute of Physics. He also served as the Writer/Editor for the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Engineering and the media relations specialist for the Thirty Meter Telescope Project. Charles also served as public information officer for the National Academy of Engineering and public information coordinator for the American Geophysical Union. He also is an avid martial artist, sea chantey singer, and fitness instructor.

Author: Charles Blue

When Astronomers See Disks, They See Chemical Cauldrons

NRAO Meets the Dragon! Dragon Con, That Is

The Sound of One Star Crashing: Haunting Melody from the Death of a Star

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