Happening RECENTLY…
Kim appeared on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s show in December 2025 to talk zombie stars and freaky space.
Preorder our new edition of Light coming out July 16, 2024
Check out BBC/Nova’s Universe
I recently appeared on StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson again—always a joy to share the universe with curious minds.
The new paperback of Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond earned a starred Library Journal review, and our next book, Why Space Will Freak You Out, arrives February 2026.
Our NASA+ documentary Listen to the Universe has collected over 10 awards, including Best New Media at the Raw Science Film Festival. I also collaborated with Mickey Hart / Dead & Company on an immersive astronomical experience for The Sphere in Las Vegas.
You can explore my feature for the New York Times on micro vs. macro, and visit Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky, the exhibition on light pollution I co-curated at the National Museum of Natural History (through Dec 2026).
I’ve shared our NASA sonification work on NPR’s Science Friday, NPR Weekend Edition, and the BBC ‘Universe” series. And Stars in Your Hand, our book on 3D printing the Universe, is available for educators and makers.
It all started when…
I was working in molecular biology and public health when I was hired for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in 1998. Since I always wanted to be an astronaut when I was little, this opportunity got me close to the cosmos but without the long distance commute. Today, I use data to tell stories about science, whether in the form of a 3D print of a supernova remnant, a Virtual Reality application in high-energy astrophysics, machine learning as applied to scientific data processing and description, and data sonification of the stars.
Science storytelling
The story continues…
I enjoy connecting with different groups, from small classes of elementary students to large conferences with aerospace industry professionals. I have had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the U.S. Library of Congress, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United Nations (Space for Women), U.S. Congress (Science on the Hill), Blue Origin, Intrepid Museum, Brown University, Boston Museum of Science, Franklin Institute, StarTalk Radio, TEDx, SXSW, and many others for my day job. Whether I’m discussing space, light, data visualization or women in STEM, I greatly appreciate being able to interact with diverse audiences as part of my career.
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