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    Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator based in NYC. She's written a science fiction novel, given hundreds of talks about science around the world, and helped design exhibits for the New York Hall of Science. Her debut book, The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy, launches in August 2022. Moiya's favorite way to combine her unique set of expertise is to build fictional worlds based on facts and science, which she does through workshops, classes, and her podcast Exolore.

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