Lucianne Walkowicz:

Look up for a change

TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz asks: How often do you see the true beauty of the night sky? At TEDxPhoenix, she shows how light pollution is ruining the extraordinary — and often ignored — experience of seeing directly into space. (Filmed at TEDxPhoenix.)

Lucianne Walkowicz

Stellar astronomer

Lucianne Walkowicz works on NASA's Kepler mission, studying starspots and "the tempestuous tantrums of stellar flares." Full bio