Imaging Space Rocks - AMNH SciCafe

What are the technologies at work that help scientists glean information from asteroids and meteors? In this SciCafe, Museum Curator Denton Ebel is joined by Amanda White, a confocal microscopy specialist, and Ellen Crapster-Pregont, a PhD candidate conducting her research at the Museum, in a discussion of the 2 and 3-dimensional analysis of these space rocks.

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[sheepwshotguns]

fantastic video! my only complaint is I WANT MOAR!

[bradleymary]

LOL "We can use this [tech] right here at the museum, except when the fossil people are using it, which is all the time." 10:30