Cassini Mission Flames Out, Right on Schedule
by Liz Ball • September 14, 2017
On Friday, September 15 at approximately 4:54 a.m. PDT, after twenty years in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will go down in a blaze of glory.
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Blog: Liz Ball
Liz Ball has been knitting science and language together since 2003. Before landing at the Exploratorium as a full-time wrangler of text, she earned a degree in Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture from the University of Puget Sound and has enjoyed writing and editing for Amplify Science, the PBS...
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Turning Light into Sound with Wayne Grim and the Kronos Quartet
by Liz Ball • July 13, 2017
With the help of the world-famous Kronos Quartet, Exploratorium composer Wayne Grim will turn the total solar eclipse on August 21 into a musical performance like no other. Find out how they'll pull it off.
What's It Like to View a Total Solar Eclipse?
by Liz Ball • June 22, 2017
Viewing a total solar eclipse can give you a sense of your own place in the universe. Prepare for this fascinating, unnerving, awe-inspiring celestial event through the stories of others.
