Chelen Johnson
They Might Be Giants are using data from the Kepler mission to classify the brightness changes of giant stars in an effort to understand how the observed brightness variations of giant stars may relate to the different stages of giant star evolution.
The experience has changed my understanding of astronomy and how it is done, but not of astronomers.
[Astronomy] is a collaboration of many parts working together for a common goal. Not knowing everything but knowing how to find the answers needed and how to ask the questions.
Watching the students present the research we had been working on the last year was absolutely the best part of the experience for me. They made me so proud
