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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Astronomy Week: Caroline Herschel Discovered Comets And Became A Star
Description: This week we’re replaying some of our favorite shows about planets and stars and galaxies and the people who have studied them. In this episode from March 2022, the story of an astronomer who definitely made her mark on the sky: Caroline Herschel, the first woman to discover a comet. Plus: residents of Pooler, Georgia, have a local landmark, a giant mailbox, 16 feet long, 8 feet tall, and painted to look like a black and white cow.
Caroline Herschel (NASA)
Eight Women Astronomers You Should Know (JSTOR)
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