Ask Me Anything! (About Space...) with Guest Dr Michelle Thaller
Sunday, 29th June 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
University of Otago - Teachers College Auditorium, 145 Union St East, Dunedin
Dr Thaller loves talking about space! Bring your inquisitive minds, old and young, and ask her anything. She’ll start with her favourite facts about the universe, stories of space exploration, and the search for life on other planets. After that, it’s up to you! Bring all your burning questions for one of the world’s best space science communicators to answer.
We’re so proud to be welcoming Dr Michelle Thaller to Ōtepoti Dunedin to share her vast knowledge of space and the universe. Dr Michelle Thaller recently retired from NASA after 27 years, ending as the Assistant Director of Science at NASA’s largest base, Goddard Space Flight Center in Washington, DC. She has loved the stars since she could barely walk (according to her mother) but as a student, she felt pretty scared and lost in her science classes, until she discovered the curiosity, passion, kindness, and humour in her astronomy professors. She wanted to be around people like that.