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Williamina Fleming's Deep Sky Discoveries
Many articles and books describe the rise to fame of maid-turned-astronomer Williamina ‘Mina’ Paton Fleming (1857–1911) and her contributions to stellar classification. But her deep sky discoveries may hold a few surprises. In 1879, after emigrating
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Long Time Coming
EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM is a long game, with travel times measured in years. And the time from when we first propose a mission to when our spacecraft sits on the launch pad, ready to leave Earth or die trying, is often much longer still. In a way,
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