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Dr. Kelly Whalen's research focuses on the delicate balance of black holes and their interaction with galaxy growth, highlighting how they can both fuel creation and pause activity. As a NASA Fellow, Whalen explores the diverse nature of black holes, particularly supermassive ones, and their significant role in shaping galaxies, challenging common misconceptions from pop culture.
Stela Silva, Ph.D., an astrophysicist in the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, has her eye to the sky, sort of. Working with gravitational microlensing, which she says is "the physical phenomenon that happens when we're observing a star and then another star with a planet passes in front of it," and machine learning she looks for signatures of exoplanets.
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