Posts Tagged ‘Stars’ (2 articles found)

Women in Science Forum

12/07/2011

by Karen Masters Same Author (1)

A Zooniverse of Galaxies

A galaxy is a collection of stars - typically 200 billion for a large galaxy. When we look out into the universe we see that these galaxies come in two basic types - "spiral galaxies" (like our home, the Milky Way) and "elliptical galaxies".
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L’Oréal-Unesco AWARDS

04/03/2011

by Agora Manager Same Author (47)

Who is Pr. Silvia Torres-Peimbert?

PASSION BEATS TRADITION “When I was a student,” she points, “women in Mexico were not expected to have a career”. Although her family was supportive throughout her studies, she still remembers the feeling of being at cross purposes with the principles of traditional education. That is why she also insists on the need to promote “deeper changes in the attitudes of men and women starting early in life.”
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