Rafael Rebolo
Rafael Rebolo, born on September 12, 1961, in Cartagena, Spain, is a distinguished astrophysicist and the former director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). He earned his degree in Physics from the University of Granada in 1984 and completed his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the University of La Laguna in 1987. Rebolo has […]
Natalie Batalha
Natalie Batalha is a research astronomer in the Space Sciences Division of NASA Ames Research Center. She holds the position of Co-Investigator and Kepler Mission Scientist on the Kepler Mission, the first mission capable of finding Earth-size planets around other stars. Batalha began her career as a stellar spectroscopist, studying sun-like stars. She holds a […]
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He has twice been named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders. He was called by the New York Times, “probably the most important […]
Larry King
Larry King is a legendary, Peabody and Emmy award-winning broadcaster who has interviewed more than 50,000 people over the course of his almost 60-year career. In 2012, after 27 years at CNN, he partnered with Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to create Ora TV, a digital network and production company. King is currently the host of “Larry […]
Mark Boslough
A Caltech-trained physicist, Mark Boslough is best known for his research on cosmic impacts and airbursts. Dr. Boslough pioneered the use of nuclear weapons codes to simulate atmospheric explosions caused by comets and asteroids, correctly predicting many of the phenomena associated with the 1994 impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. His research has shown that […]
Carlos Briones
Researcher, science communicator, and writer. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and is a Research Scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). He leads the Molecular Evolution group at the Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA, associated with the NASA Astrobiology Program) in Madrid. His research focuses on the origin and early evolution of life, […]
Marie Edmonds
Professor Marie Edmonds is a distinguished volcanologist and petrologist, currently serving as the Director of Research at the Earth Sciences Department, University of Cambridge. She also holds the prestigious positions of Vice President and Ron Oxburgh Fellow in Earth Sciences at Queens’ College, Cambridge. Her research is pivotal in understanding the impact of volcanic activity […]
Kam Ghaffarian
Kam Ghaffarian is a visionary entrepreneur dedicated to advancing humanity and expanding the frontiers of knowledge. He is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of several pioneering companies at the forefront of energy and space exploration, including X-energy, focused on next-generation nuclear reactors; Axiom Space, developing the world’s first commercial space station; and Intuitive Machines, a […]
Kip Thorne
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) until 2009 and is one of the world’s leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. He continues to do scientific research […]
Michel Mayor
Professor Michel Mayor is an astrophysicist at Geneva University (Switzerland). Together with Didier Queloz, in 1995 he discovered the first extrasolar planet, named 51 Pegasi b, orbiting the sunlike star 51 Pegasi. Professor Mayor was awarded the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize in recognition of his work and its significance for human life. In 2000 he was […]
