2/12/2016: How do we know the chemical composition of far-distant space material we’ve never sampled or even touched? JWST Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science Stefanie Milam helps us understand how stars, comets and other heavenly bodies can be analyzed by the unique chemical fingerprints scientists discern strictly through observation.
music: ‘Feel Good (Instrumental)’ by Broke For Free
Special thanks to the entire team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for hosting our visit, to Bill Ochs, Dr. John Mather, Begoña Vila, Jody Davis and Dr. Stefanie Milam for sharing their time, knowledge and enthusiasm with us, to Laura Betz for managing our time on site, and to Maggie Masetti for making sure the entire shoot ran smoothly and serving as science consultant.
VIDEO CLIPS
NASA Hubbles Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzLHY…
NASA Colliding Comets Hint at Unseen Exoplanet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_Pv…
NASA The Molecule Dissector – Mass Spectrometry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4U6…
NASA Developing a Comet Harpoon for Sample Return
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfOF4…
NASA IRIS A Slice of Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmU6X…
An Unusual Planetary System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3zl…
Swift and Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qchvg…
Neptune and Moons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baN3e…
Hubble Telescope Detects Sunscreen Layer on Distant Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrHsK…
Comet Lovejoy Continues its Course Toward the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAX6K…
NASA | WFIRST: Uncovering the Mysteries of the Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HXYg…
Chemistry of Space | HowStuffWorks NOW
https://youtu.be/ayFzljd1l0Q
