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Astronomy and space

Astronomy and space

Journey to the stars: the personal stories of women in astronomy

19 Apr 2023 Karel Green

Karel Green reviews The Sky Is For Everyone: Women Astronomers In Their Own Words edited by Virginia Trimble and David A Weintraub

Women with astronomical telescope
Go the distance In The Sky Is For Everyone women talk about their lives in astronomy, describing the good, the bad and the ugly. (Courtesy: iStock/Allexxandar)
As recently as the 1970s, the field of astronomy was so dominated by men that telescope facilities d

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Karel Green is a contributing columnist for Physics World and an astrophysics PhD student at the University of Nottingham, UK
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