Celebrating 25 years of covering countless advancements in space exploration and astronomy, Space.com hosted a live virtual panel to discuss some of the most impactful discoveries and what may still be yet to come.
Joining Space.com’s Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik, who moderated the discussion, were three panelists, including Dr. Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Dr. John Mulchaey, director of the Carnegie Observatories overseeing the Giant Magellan Telescope, and Dr. Tom Marshburn, chief medical officer for Sierra Space and former NASA astronaut and three-time spaceflyer.
The panel, held on July 17 in honor of Space.com’s 25th anniversary, focused on accomplishments in the fields of exoplanet research, the search for life , observing the early universe and human spaceflight, as well as new technology that could open even more doors to discovery.
A rendering of a space station in orbit with multiple spacecraft docked to it. (Image credit: Future/All About Space Magazine,Logo_ Hannah Rose Brayshaw-Williams)
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