Explaining Spectroscopy

Video producer Sophia Roberts explains the basic principles behind spectroscopy, the science of reading light to determine the size, distance, spin and chemical composition of distant objects in space.

Music credits: Universal Production Music
Oxygenate the Idea – by Amon Turner, Banksman, Eben Stone
Jungle Bounce – by Siddharth Nadkarni
Silent Patient – by Paul Reeves
Background Story - by Peter Larsen
Data Dynamism – by Florian Moenks and Aron Wright

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Science writer:Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park)
Editor: Sophia Roberts (AIMM)
Producer: Sophia Roberts (AIMM) [Lead]
Videographers: Rob Andreoli (AIMM) [Lead]
John D. Philyaw (AIMM)
Technical support: Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)