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postcards from space (feat. Dr. George Helou)


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"Over the mountains of Lebanon, the skies were dark, the stars intense, and the Milky Way mesmerizing."
In the final episods of our miniseries, Dr. George Helou reflects on his time as a physics student at AUB. While most of his peers and professors discouraged him from studying physics, Helou was stubborn. He got his PhD from Cornell and slowly became the world's leading pioneer in infrared astronomy.
After working with Carl Sagan on the Golden Record, Helou developed infrared technology in order to observe the universe like never before. Since 1983, Helou has worked with NASA and is currently the executive director of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center and a professor at Caltech.
Listen to "Postcards from Space (feat. Dr. George Helou)" to learn about exoplanets, blackholes, and the secret behind all the fabulous pictures of space.
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