In Her Space, Her Time, physicist Shohini Ghose elucidates the stories of women scientists who contributed to and led some of the biggest breakthroughs in astronomy and physics. Big questions in ...

Becoming an astronomer might seem straightforward. An awe of the night sky sparks a child to someday study astronomy in school, eventually leading to a graduate degree and a job in the field. But as ...

Maria Mitchell, left, the first female astronomer in the U.S., and women of Vassar College prepare to observe the total solar eclipse of 1878 in their expedition to the West. The UW Harry C. Vaughan ...