Dr. Nadya Mason solved math problems for fun growing up before pursuing her career in quantum physics.
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An astrophysicist and science communicator, Summer Ash loves to share her love of the universe.
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Astronomer Amy Mainzer searches for near earth objects with her work at NASA, and helps kids learn to love science with her work on Ready, Jet, Go.
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Today is our 100th episode, and we’re featuring the woman who has discovered a record number of comets, Carolyn Shoemaker.
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Sixteen years ago today, Yi So-Yeon became the first Korean astronaut to travel to space.
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Dr. Emily Rice is an astrophysicist and a fashion blogger, one of the founders of STARtorialist.
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Over 1,000 planetary systems have been discovered outside our own, and scientists like Dr. Rebecca Oppenheimer are working to find new ways to see them more clearly.
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Hired at the Harvard College Observatory in 1893, astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of Pickering’s Computers, women hired to complete calculations for male scientists.
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With no formal training in astronomy, Williamina Fleming’s contributions to the field are numerous and groundbreaking.
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Conservationist and activist Jane Goodall has studied primates in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania since the 1960s and her work has fundamentally changed our understanding of primate behavior.
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