Carolyn Petersen is an award-winning science writer and the Associate Editor of GeminiFocus, published by Gemini Observatory. She also writes and edits material for the Subaru Observatory in Hawaii, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Her work has appeared in Yahoo! News, MIT's Tech Talk, the Radcliffe Quarterly, Sky & Telescope magazine, Astronomy magazine, and StarDate magazine. Most recently, she wrote and co-produced a podcast series titled 'Space Weather FX' for a NASA-funded MIT Haystack Observatory project and served as senior exhibit writer for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Visitor's Center.