How to pronounce“moiya”in English

Moiya has consulted with companies like Disney and PBS on their fictional worlds and helped design exhibits for the New York Hall of Science and given hundreds

So Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator based in New York City.

So I'm thrilled to be welcoming Dr. Moiya McTier to talk about her new book, "The Milky Way, an Autobiography of our Galaxy," detailing what humans have so far discovered

So to combine her unique set of expertise, Moiya hosts and produces the excellent podcast that explores fictional world-building through the lens of science.

And when she's not researching space or imagining new worlds, Moiya can likely be found watching trashy reality TV with her cat, Cosmo.

So thank you so much for being here together with us, Moiya.

So with that, an enormous thank you, Moiya, and have a wonderful day.

on the live stream, please feel free to submit questions, which we will take at the end of Moiya's presentation.

After graduating from Harvard as the first person in the school's history to study both astronomy and mythology, Moiya earned her PhD in astrophysics

All right, well, thank you so much, Moiya.