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Beyond the Telescope: How Stars Shape Galaxies

June 10, 2026

On Monday, May 4, 2026, the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Boston Museum of Science hosted astrophysicists Dr. Scott Lucchini , Prof. Alyssa Goodman, and Dr. Cameren Swiggum for Beyond the Telescope: How Stars Shape Galaxies. The presentation...

An amazing point of view: Alyssa Goodman discusses the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse (WBUR)

April 08, 2024

As the moon aligns to completely cover the sun, Alyssa Goodman shares her expertise with WBUR hosts Robin Young and Scott Tong — Check out the interview here! She presents the Cosmic Data Stories Eclipse Simulation app, created by her NASA-funded Cosmic...

The New Story of the Milky Way’s Surprisingly Turbulent Past (Scientific American)

February 01, 2024

The New Story of the Milky Way’s Surprisingly Turbulent Past discusses how the latest star maps are changing what we know about the Milky Way. Read on to see how efforts to study and visualize the Local Bubble and Radcliffe Wave by Alyssa Goodman and...

Celebrating Mass STEM Week with astrophysics and AI (Harvard Gazette)

October 27, 2023

Alyssa Goodman was featured in this article on Harvard Gazette for a keynote address, “Astronomy: From Aristotle to AI,” at the STEM week event hosted by the Center for Astrophysics.

Bots heard ‘round the world: AI and the future of astronomy (ANU Article)

June 22, 2023

Bots heard ‘round the world: AI and the future of astronomy explains how Dr. Ioana (Jo) Ciucă and her research partner Prof. Yuan-Sen Ting came to ANU to explore the origins of our galaxy from the nexus of artificial intelligence and astronomy, and now...

Data visualization reveals hidden wonders from telescopes (CASW New Horizons Newsroom 2022)

November 07, 2022

Samantha Pagan with CASW New Horizons Newsroom interviews Alyssa Goodman on the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and how this relates to the data visualization software, glue. Check out the article here! Even more curious? Check out another...

How to See the Bigger Picture From NASA's Webb Space Telescope (Universe Today)

October 27, 2022

Universe Today's Alan Boyle covers Alyssa Goodman, her involvement with the James Webb Space Telescope, and recent Patrusky Lecture at the Science Writer's Conference in Memphis, TN. Read more here!

The James Webb Space Telescope takes us to the universe's origins 13 billion years ago (Times Evoke/Times of India)

July 30, 2022

Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, of The Times of India, interviews Dr. Alyssa Goodman about the new images released by the James Webb Space Telescope. Read the interview here!

An Interview with Alyssa Goodman: NASA releases the first high-resolution color images from the largest space telescope ever built (NPR/WBUR)

July 12, 2022

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope show the most distant reaches of the universe in the most stunning detail ever captured . Here and Now's Robin Young talks with Harvard University astronomy professor Alyssa Goodman about what the images show...

Tool Shows Just How Stunning Webb's Space Image Is Compared to Older Ones (Newsweek)

July 12, 2022

Ed Browne of Newsweek explores the James Webb Telescope's new images, featuring Dr. Alyssa Goodman's quick 1-minute video utilizing Worldwide Telescope. Read the article here! Worldwide Telescope Project

Did Supernovae Help Form Barnard's Loop? (Center for Astrophysics)

June 16, 2022

Astronomers studying the structure of the Milky Way galaxy have released the highest-resolution 3D view of the Orion star-forming region. "It seems clear that we are going to see a 'swiss cheese' picture of the interstellar medium, with stars forming at...

Starts With A Bang podcast #81: The local bubble (BigThink/Starts with a Bang)

May 08, 2022

For a thousand light-years in all directions, there's a "bubble" where the Sun sits center. Ethan Siegel with Big Think's Starts With A Bang Podcast covers the Local Bubble alongside Dr. Alyssa Goodman, Catherine Zucker, and João Alves. Listen to the...