About the Author

Felicitas Mokler

Dr. Felicitas Mokler is an astrophysicist who, after several years in research, now works as a science journalist and lecturer for science communication. In 2008, she received the Klaus Tschira Award for understandable science. In 2023, she was awarded the renowned Hanno and Ruth Roelin Prize for science journalism. She has written for publications such as "Sterne und Weltraum," the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung," and the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung," and founded the online magazine "Die Weltraumreporter" (weltraumreporter.de) at RiffReporter eG. Felicitas Mokler is also the co-author of the books "Polarlichter" (Auroras) and "Unter den Polarlichtern der Antarktis" (Under the Antarctic Auroras) (Knesebeck) and regularly traveled as a lecturer by ship to see the Northern Lights in Norway. She also published the book "Astronomie und Universum" (Astronomy and the Universe) with KOSMOS.