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Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Is it possible for me to become an astrophysicist?

Hi, I don't think it is impossible at all. It will certainly take a lot of work, but that is true whether you are a girl from Sri Lanka or a boy f...

3/27/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: colors of the sun?

Hi, Usually those pictures are taken in different wavelengths of light that humans can't see. That may be ultra-violet or infrared or x-rays. The...

3/25/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Being a mentor

Hi Jess, This is a great question without a simple answer. I think there are a lot of ways to be a good mentor... I would argue that the most impo...

3/25/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: solar sails

Actually NASA just selected a small 'technology demonstration' mission that is going to test/use a solar sail, called Solar Cruiser. It is expected t...

3/25/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: 2024 eclipse in US

Me too, me too! I won't even pretend it is for anything other than just the awe of seeing a full solar eclipse. If there is any way for you to b...

3/25/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Work from home?

Hi Chris, It is possible to work from home, but how much depends on your role and what kind of instruments you are using. For instance, I work w...

3/23/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: News about the Sun

Hi, There are a few exciting things that I can think of... Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is the newest solar telescope built in Hawaii ...

3/23/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Venus

Hi, The cameras on Parker are not tuned to effectively look at Venus (Venus is covered in clouds, so you really want a camera that can look through...

3/23/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Sunspots

Hi, That’s a really interesting question! Unfortunately, I don’t think we know for sure. The Sun has had spots (at least at times; there are time...

3/22/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Earth weather causes space weather?

Hi, The short answer is, no. I do think it is confusing because the parts that make up weather on Earth (winds, temperatures, pressures) aren’t re...

3/22/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Space agencies from other countries

Hi, Absolutely. NASA works fairly regularly with the European Space Agency (ESA). There have been US-built instruments on ESA missions and vice v...

3/22/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Being a scientist with kids

Hi April, I think with almost any job there are difficulties balancing career and home. My two kids are out of college now, so things are definite...

3/22/2021

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Carrington event today?

A lot of people have been trying to answer this exact question. Part of the problem is that we didn't have all the observations that we have today (o...

10/15/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: how soon space weather effects show up

This is actually a complicated question/answer - it depends on what aspect of space weather you are concerned about. Some effects, such at those re...

10/15/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Work question

Two things come immediately to mind for me. The first is when we've worked really hard on an instrument, get it launched and first turn it on. When ...

10/15/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Need telescope?

This is somewhat a personal opinion, but I would say no, although it is definitely fun to have a good telescope of your own. A good telescope doesn't...

10/15/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: red sun

The light from the Sun is a combination of wavelengths, including short ones which look blue to us and long ones that look red. Wildfires (as well a...

10/15/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: Being a scientist

There are a few things... I'm not sure they are exactly tied to being a scientist though. Mostly they are non-science things I have to do as part of ...

10/14/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: unexpected outcome

Absolutely! Sometimes those are the most interesting results. There have been a few times when I've looked at the data and expected to see one thi...

10/14/2020

Christina Cohenreplied to: RE: NASA goes to the sun

I do - I'm on the Parker Solar Probe team, specifically the one for the energetic particle instrument. PSP has already flown closer to the Sun th...

10/13/2020