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Sally Oey, American astronomer researching massive stars; Kathleen Ollerenshaw, (1912–2014), English mathematician, politician, and amateur astronomer; C. Michelle Olmstead, American astronomer and computer scientist who has discovered minor planets; Liisi Oterma (1915–2001), Finnish astronomer; Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist
Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (/ ˈ r uː b ɪ n /; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. [1] [2] She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted and observed angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic rotation curves.
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (15 May 1857 – 21 May 1911) was a Scottish astronomer. She was a single mother hired by the director of the Harvard College Observatory to help in the photographic classification of stellar spectra.
Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock DBE (née Aderin; born 9 March 1968) is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023. [2]
Martha P. Haynes (born 1951), American astronomer specializing in radio astronomy; Pamela Gay (born 1973), American astronomer; Rachel Zimmerman (born 1972), Canadian-born space scientist; Sandra Faber (born 1944), American professor of astronomy; Amanda Bosh (fl 1990s), American observational astronomer; Luisa Rebull (fl 2010s), American ...
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Maria Mitchell (/ m ə ˈ r aɪ ə / mə-RY-ə; [1] August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. [2] In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI (modern designation C/1847 T1) that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor. [3]
The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight. This list includes Russian cosmonauts , who were the first women in outer space. Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to go to space in 1963, very early in crewed space exploration , and it would be almost twenty years before another flew ...