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Olena Kompaniiets

Ukraine
astrophysicist, writer

I am 30 years old. I have been fascinated by space since I was a child; I loved gazing at the starry sky and letting my imagination run wild. I am now an astrophysicist and a junior research fellow at the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, as well as the educational coordinator for the Science Kids project run by the NGO INSCIENCE, author of the popular science book for children *The Secrets of the Aurora Borealis*, and the protagonist of the short film *Stargazing?* by TakFlix