Dr. Alberto Accomazzi has his head in the clouds — literally. Since his first childhood gaze through a telescope, he’s been hooked on the heavens. Alberto is the Principal Investigator and Program Manager for the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), a digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant.

Listen in to hear more from a real live astronomer about what’s going on in the far reaches of Space, and how it connects to you.