Book Reviews
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INSIDE THE COMMUNITY (ROTARY) OBSERVATORY
As part of my COSMOS program, I had the opportunity to visit the Community Observatory in Placerville, California. Opened in 2006, the observatory is a wonderful example of how volunteers and the local community can make astronomy accessible to everyone.… Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW: Take Me to Your Leader by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Book Review: Take Me to Your Leader by Neil deGrasse Tyson As someone who loves astronomy and spends a lot of time thinking about what might exist beyond Earth, I really enjoyed Take Me to Your Leader by Neil deGrasse… Continue reading
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Listening to the Universe: Gravitational Waves — How LIGO Detects Them
For centuries, astronomers have explored the universe by observing light. Telescopes have allowed us to see planets, stars, galaxies, and nebulae. But what if we could study the universe without relying only on light? Today, scientists can do exactly that… Continue reading
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Beginning My NASA GeneLab for High Schools (GL4HS) Journey
I am excited to share that I have started participating in NASA GeneLab for High Schools (GL4HS), an educational program that introduces students to bioinformatics, space biology, and data science using real NASA research data. As part of this journey,… Continue reading
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Space Warps: Seeing the Universe Bend
What does it really mean for gravity to bend light? According to Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, massive objects such as stars and galaxies do not simply exist in space. They curve spacetime itself. When light from a distant galaxy… Continue reading
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SUMMER 26
I’m incredibly excited to share that I’ve been accepted to two amazing summer programs, COSMOS at the University of California, Davis and NASA’s GeneLab for High Schools (GL4HS) At COSMOS, I will be part of the Introduction to Astrophysics cluster,… Continue reading
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Echoes from a White Hole
My Book Is Now Published on Amazon! I’m so excited to share that my second book, Echoes from a White Hole, is now officially published on Amazon! This project started as a question that wouldn’t leave me alone:What if information… Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW: Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time
What is time really? Is it something that always moves forward the same way for everyone? In The Order of Time, Carlo Rovelli shows that time is much more complicated and surprising than it seems. At the beginning, Rovelli explains… Continue reading
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Breakthroughs of 2025: Astronomy: Strange Red Dots in Deep Space
JWST’s Little Red Dots and the Mystery of QSO1 One of the most exciting breakthroughs in astronomy in 2025 came from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a mysterious population of objects known as Little Red Dots. At first… Continue reading
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Astrophotography Workshop at Chabot Space & Science Center: Unveiling Our Place in the Universe
On November 18, 2025, I attended the Astrophotography Workshop: Unveiling Our Place in the Universe at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. The event is now over, but it offered an inspiring introduction to amateur astronomy and… Continue reading
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