Superheroes of Science
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Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor of Planetary Sciences, studies the building blocks of life on extraterrestrial objects and bodies.
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor of Planetary Sciences, looks at the building blocks of life in samples and dust from asteroids, comets, and meteorites. She tells us some clues to knowing if a rock is or is not a meteorite. Michelle discusses what asteroids are and where they come from, the ‘new moon’ that the Earth has “friended”, and her career path which led to researching Planetary Science.