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Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Virginia Trimble, Memory Keeper of Modern Astronomy
Virginia Trimble collected "shiny things" in astronomy — and her curated collections fascinated astronomers around the world.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Donna Elbert and the Table on Page 208
Working 30 years for the legendary astrophysicist, the self-taught mathematician calculated a key value necessary for a planet to sustain a global magnetic field, and thus life — a breakthrough overlooked for half a century.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The Woman Who Unraveled the Stars
The groundbreaking research of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin revolutionized our understanding of stellar composition. Yet her legacy was almost forgotten.
Beverly Turner Lynds, 1929–2024
Beverly Lynds, a pioneer for women in astronomy and astrophysics, advanced the study of dust-and-gas clouds in the Milky Way.
Celebrating Astronomer Margaret Burbidge, 1919–2020
The astronomer who taught us we are all made of stardust has passed away after celebrating her 100th birthday on August 12, 2019.
Annie Jump Cannon: Star Classifier
Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) classified hundreds of thousands of stars and created the system we use to understand stars today.
Vera Rubin: Dark Matter Detective
American astronomer Vera Rubin (1928 - ) measured how fast galaxies rotate, delivering decisive evidence for the existence of dark matter.
