Standing in the entrance to the first floor west wing of the National Museum of American History, a large telescope towers over visitors. It’s angled toward the ceiling, drawing the eye up to imagine ...
Born in 1818 (the same year Venus occulted Jupiter), Maria Mitchell was not only America’s first female astronomer, she was also the first person in the country’s history to discover a comet – a feat ...
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