“What got you into astrophysics?” It’s a question I’m often asked at outreach events, and I answer by pointing to my early passion for exploring the biggest questions about our universe. Well, along with seeing Star Wars at an impressionable age.
This fascination with the fundamental is a well-trodden path for many budding scientists. Learning about mindboggling fields such as general relativity, which describes the universe on large scales, and quantum physics, which rules the microworld of atoms and particles, can be a powerful way to stimulate young minds.
