Henrietta Leavitt, How She Loved the ‘Clouds’
Posted by: Nate Smith
Henrietta Leavitt's discovery led to new ways of measuring distances in space.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Science, Women's History
Category: Astronomy/Mathematics
The Perplexing Solar Corona and the Space Environment It Creates: Lecture with NASA’s Nicholeen Viall November 7
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. NASA Observatories examining the atmosphere of the Sun are revealing extraordinary detail in the solar corona. Material from this mysteriously super-hot outer layer expands outwards to become the solar wind, accelerating beyond the speed of sound and bathing …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! Exploring Earth’s Escaping Atmosphere with NASA’s Douglas Rowland on October 17
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
NASA's Dr. Rowland will talk about atmospheric escape, his adventures in Norway, and what is being learned from the VISIONS-2 data in his lecture, Exploring Our Escaping Atmosphere: Going above the Top of the World to Watch the Sky, on Thursday, October 17, from 11:30 a.m.-12::30 p.m. in the Madison building's third floor Pickford Theater.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
The Enchantress of Number
Posted by: Nate Smith
This blog was written in preparation for Ada Lovelace Day, which occurs every year on the second Tuesday of October and celebrates women in STEM. Augusta Ada Byron, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and intellectual Lady Byron (whom Byron once named the “Princess of Parallelograms”), was born in 1815. Shortly after Ada’s birth, …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Women's History
Peter Parley Explains the Moon to Children, Part 2
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is the second post exploring Samuel Griswold Goodrich's Peter Parley books educating young and curious minds.
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections
Peter Parley Explains the Moon to Children, Part 1
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by Jacqueline Coleburn and Anthony Mullan. Jackie is a rare book cataloger at the Library of Congress and is cataloging the Library’s rare children’s books. Peter Parley books are a particular interest of hers. These books, which were very popular in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s, offer insight into the evolution …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections