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The legacy of early female astronomers

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar

Dec 6, 2016

We explore cracks in the glass ceiling from a very long time ago.

Dava Sobel, author of "The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars"

Mia Berg

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Codebreaker

Tatooine discovered

by John Moe

Sep 16, 2011

NASA scientists have long thought there could be a planet out there that orbits two suns, and now they have proof. It's 200 light years away and...