Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Herschel Museum in Bath, England, has a new display of a handwritten draft of Caroline Herschel’s memoirs. Internet Archive ...

Long before the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics became known as the academic disciplines called STEM, men were at the forefront of any knowledge in these fields. Such was ...

Prof. Dr Eva Grebel, an astrophysicist at Heidelberg University, is the first winner of the Caroline Herschel Medal, a new joint award from the Royal Astronomical Society and the German Astronomical ...

Born March 16, 1750, in Hanover, Germany, Caroline Herschel was frequently ill as a child, and seemed destined for a life of domestic service – though her father sometimes included her in her brothers ...

You’ll find this terrific open cluster midway between 5th-magnitude Sigma Cassiopeiae and 6th-magnitude Rho Cas. This group glows at magnitude 6.7, so even through a 4-inch telescope, you’ll see 50 ...

A tribute to the scientific contributions of Uranus planet discoverer William Herschel and his pioneering sister, Caroline, describes their establishment of surveying techniques that are still in use ...

German-born female astronomer Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) becomes a Cinderella-like heroine in Turner’s quotation-filled text, which charts the subject’s transformation to acclaimed career scientist ...

The astronomer Caroline Herschel discovered eight comets - one was named after her. But her work is less known about than her brother William's, who discovered Uranus. Dr. Eric Topol on how society's ...

For her leading role in the development of the ESA’s PLATO mission and her scientific contributions to exoplanet research, Heike Rauer (DLR and FU Berlin) was awarded the Caroline Herschel Medal. At a ...

Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today. But even many astronomers may not recognize her name.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Kris Pardo is an Assistant Professor of Physics & ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today. But even many astronomers may not ...