Mike Shara

On a clear night, Mike Shara sees more than just the beautiful twinkling of stars when he gazes at the sky. Mike is an astrophysicist and studies stars' life cycles at the American Museum of Natural History. He often uses the Hubble Space Telescope and other large telescopes on Earth to make his observations.

Image credits: main image, © AMNH; story, courtesy of NASA; quote, © AMNH.

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