Astronomy: Cool Women in Space
By Nomad Press and Anita Yasuda
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Head outside and look up. What do you see? At night you might see stars, the moon, the Milky Way, and planets! During the day all these things will still be there, but they'll be hidden by the bright light of the sun. Astronomy is the study of celestial objects and what's beyond the nebulous boundaries of space.
In Astronomy: Cool Women in Space, young readers will be inspired by stories of women who have made great strides in a field that takes courage, persistence, and creativity to pursue. Most people have heard of Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking, but have you heard of Maria Mitchell or Caroline Herschel? For many decades, female astronomers have been defining the field by making discoveries that changed the human relationship with space. Astronomy: Cool Women in Space will introduce young readers to three women who are bringing the science of astronomy forward and inspiring the next generation of astronomers.
The primary sources, essentials questions, and knowledge connections within Astronomy: Cool Women in Space encourage both boys and girls to explore our celestial world while being inspired to ask what role they might play in the next discovery.
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Astronomy - Nomad Press
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
In this book you’ll find a few different ways to further explore the topic of women in astronomy.
The essential questions in each Ask & Answer box encourage you to think further. You probably won’t find the answers to these questions in the text, and sometimes there are no right or wrong answers! Instead, these questions are here to help you think more deeply about what you’re reading and how the material connects to your own life.
There’s a lot of new vocabulary in this book! Can you figure out a word’s meaning from the paragraph? Look in the glossary in the back of the book to find the definitions of words you don’t know.
Are you interested in what women have to say about astronomy? In the She Says boxes you’ll find quotes from women who are professionals in the astronomy field. You can learn a lot by listening to people who have worked hard to succeed!
Primary sources come from people who were eyewitnesses to events. They might write about the event, take pictures, or record the event for radio or video. Why are primary sources important?
CONTENTS
Introduction:
Look Up!
Chapter 1:
A Short Story About a Huge Space
Chapter 2:
Nancy Grace Roman
Chapter 3:
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Chapter 4:
Andrea Ghez
Index
Introduction
LOOK UP!
When you look up in the clear night sky, you can see the gleaming moon and bright planets of our solar system and a blanket of twinkling stars. Do you ever wonder what lies beyond? What do distant galaxies look like? Imagine using technology so advanced that it allows you to look deep into space at galaxies billions of light years from Earth. You might see stars brighter than our sun being born, super-massive black holes colliding, and objects never seen before.
Maybe your search will reveal a planet capable of supporting life. Are you ready to explore the universe? This is what astronomers do! In Cool Women in Space, you’ll read about three fascinating women with a passion for space. Each of them has worked or is working in the field of astronomy.
These women have achieved success in their fields through hard work and determination. They have overcome many challenges to achieve their space dreams.
Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman worked for decades with NASA. She is known to many as the Mother of the Hubble
because she was so closely involved with the development of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Picture This
The Hubble Space Telescope has allowed us to see very distant objects. Because the light from faraway objects has traveled for billions of years to reach us, we measure their distances from us in light years. This also makes the telescope a time machine. It sends photos back to Earth that allow astronomers to prove and disprove theories. We now know that the universe is almost 14 billion years old! NASA makes images from the Hubble available for everyone to view.
What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire—the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.
—Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former astronaut and director of the Johnson Space Center
Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a scientist, educator, and presenter on the popular BBC show The Sky at Night. She makes astronomy interesting and accessible to many people around the world.
Astronomer and professor Andrea Ghez has been listed as one of the Top 20 scientists in the United States. She researches black holes.
Their careers show us that the sky is not the limit, and neither is space. We’ll learn more in this book about what they do and why. But first, let’s learn about the amazing science of astronomy that these three women have studied and made their careers.
Ask & Answer
Why is it important that both men and women pursue careers in astronomy? What would the science be like if only one gender worked in it?
Chapter 1
A SHORT STORY ABOUT A HUGE SPACE
The universe is an exciting and mysterious place. The study of space and everything in it, from galaxies to gases, is called