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CRESST Scientist of the Month: Swara Ravindranath, Cosmic Origins Deputy Chief Scientist

Our very own Dr. Swara Ravindranath was chosen to be the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences & Technology (CRESST) Scientist of the Month featured for September 2024. Dr. Swara Ravindranath is a Deputy Chief Scientist for the Cosmic Origins Program with affiliations at NASA GSFC in addition to the Catholic University of America.

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An illustration of Sun-like star HD 181327 and its surrounding debris disk. The star is at top right. It is surrounded by a far larger debris disk that forms an incomplete ellpitical path and is cut off at right. There’s a huge cavity between the star and the disk. The debris disk is shown in shades of light gray. Toward the top and left, there are finer, more discrete points in a range of sizes. The disk appears hazier and smokier at the bottom. The star is bright white at center, with a hazy blue region around it. The background of space is black. The label Artist's Concept appears at lower left.