Tamara Davis – Astrophysics

Topics:

Earth and Space Sciences – Solar System; Big Bang

Additional – Careers

Concepts (South Australia):

Earth and Space Sciences – Earth in Space

Years: 7, 8, 9, 10

Video length: 2:10m

Meet Tamara Davis. She studies “the whole universe”, or specifically, astrophysics to better understand dark energy and dark matter. She was inspired by Haley’s comet and space shuttles as a kid and actually wanted to be an astronaut.

Part of The Australian Academy of Science’s Brain Box series of content – 3 minute videos introducing a variety of people working in a range of Science background jobs.