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Artist's conception of neutron stars colliding, by Robin Dienel, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science

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Henrietta Swope arriving at Las Campanas Observatory

March 11, 2026

Women's History

A Life Among the Stars: The Science and Generosity of Henrietta Swope

Barbara McClintock working with maize in the lab

March 19, 2025

Women's History

Barbara McClintock: A Visionary Ahead of Her Time

Effie Spalding measuring a cactus

March 06, 2025

Women's History

Women Pioneers of the Desert Laboratory

Rainbow Gate Vera Rubin

October 09, 2024

Women's History

Vera Rubin: Opening doors to dark matter and women in STEM

Group of woman of the Computing Division

March 08, 2024

Women's History

The Women "Computers" of Mount Wilson Observatory

March 01, 2024

Women's History

Nettie Stevens: Uncovering the Secret of X and Y

March 19, 2020

Women's History

Six Women, Past and Present, Who Changed the Way We See the Universe

Vera Rubin at Lowell Observatory with Kent Ford in white helmet.

December 15, 2016

Women's History

Who was Vera Rubin?