Tag Archive | Astronomy
5 Stellar Women of Space Science
The Historic England Blog To mark International Women’s Day 2017, we’ve collaborated with The Royal Society to celebrate and record the stories of groundbreaking women of science. While many great men of science have memorials and statues in their honour, the achievement of women has been less widely told. Here are 5 out-of-this-world women who made […]
Searching for that elusive exo-Earth
Originally posted on Matthew Wright:
In the nearly 20 years since Michel Mayer and Didier Queloz confirmed the first known exoplanet around 51 Pegasi, the number of known exoplanets has risen to over 1860 – and there are more to come. The Kepler space telescope, before being hobbled by mechanical failure, created a massive database of planet candidates orbiting…
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