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Jake Rosenthal
Student, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Jake Rosenthal is an undergraduate student at Virginia Tech pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering. He has interned at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center. He is an aspiring science communicator.
Latest Articles
On Cosmic Discovery and Human Significance
Jake Rosenthal takes us on a tour of the history of discovery of our place in the cosmos.
Space Exploration: Leaving the Earth to Understand It
Looking back at Earth from beyond helps to give perspective on our place in the cosmos.
The Pioneer Plaque: Science as a Universal Language
In 1972, an attempt to contact extraterrestrial life was cast into space with the launch of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft. What exactly was the message we sent into the cosmos?