Role Model Video Series

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory enjoys the talents of hundreds of staff and an international community of scientists who come together to make our mission of discovery and innovation such a success. You will learn from the folks interviewed here that we’ve taken many paths to get here, and you don’t have to be a scientist or engineer to be part of our exciting mission. We will continue to add more interviews, so please return again!

Dr. Jim Braatz

Meet Dr. Jim Braatz, an astronomer who studies masers, a kind of invisible laser made naturally by dense clouds of molecules, in order to measure the size and shape of the Universe.

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Explore the Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way Explorer a guided trip through our spiral Galaxy and its neighborhood. You choose where to explore, and a radio astronomer talks to you about each stop.