An Interview with Sandra Faber

Dr. Sandra Faber, Editor of the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, talks with Mia Lobel about her scientific career, from being a child who loved to scan the heavens with a pair of her dad's binoculars, to work-life balance as a female scientist and working on the Hubble telescope. On the importance of astronomical knowledge, Sandra states that "it's astronomy that puts us in perspective; it tells us where we come from, and cosmically, where we're going." From astronomy we learn about not just our ancestral roots on earth, but our cosmic roots as well. (Posted Dec. 7, 2009)