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Blue Dot 26: Fiona Harrison & Kenneth Williford Preview

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This week on Blue Dot we talk with award-winning NASA scientist, Fiona Harrison. She is an astrophysicist and chairperson at CalTech as well as Principal Investigator for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — our premier orbiting X-Ray observatory better known as NuStar. We also take a sneak peak at next week's interview with Kenneth Williford - who shares an exciting story of a recent development in his lab at JPL. Finally, we cap it all off with some audio captured over the weekend by Nolan and Dave at last weekend's Dark Sky Festival in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.