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57 relations: AG Draconis, American Association of University Women, Americans, Apollo program, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Baltimore, Bates College, Business Insider, Constellation, Emission spectrum, Epoch (astronomy), Geodesy, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenwood Publishing Group, Harold Urey, Helium, Hood College, Houston, Hubble Space Telescope, Hydrogen, Lego, Life (magazine), List of minor planets: 2001–3000, Mae Jemison, Margaret Hamilton (scientist), McDonald Observatory, Michigan, Microwave spectroscopy, Milky Way, NASA, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, Nashville, Tennessee, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, Project Gemini, Radio astronomy, Russell Sage College, Sally Ride, Skylab, Solar physics, Spacelab, Sproul Observatory, Sun, Swarthmore College, Texas, Theory of relativity, Ultraviolet, ..., United States Naval Research Laboratory, University of Chicago, Washington, D.C., Western High School (Baltimore), Women in science, X-ray, Yerkes Observatory. Expand index (7 more) »
AG Draconis
AG Draconis is a binary system consisting of an orange-red giant star and a white dwarf star that revolve around each other every 550 days.
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American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.
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Americans
Americans are citizens of the United States of America.
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Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
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Astronomy
Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
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Astrophysics
Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that employs the principles of physics and chemistry "to ascertain the nature of the astronomical objects, rather than their positions or motions in space".
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.
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Bates College
Bates College (Bates; officially the President and Trustees of Bates College) is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine.
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Business Insider
Business Insider is an American financial and business news website that also operates international editions in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, France, South Africa, India, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nordics, Poland, Spanish and Singapore.
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Constellation
A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.
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Emission spectrum
The emission spectrum of a chemical element or chemical compound is the spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to an atom or molecule making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.
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Epoch (astronomy)
In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as the celestial coordinates or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, because these are subject to perturbations and vary with time.
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Geodesy
Geodesy, also known as geodetics, is the earth science of accurately measuring and understanding three of Earth's fundamental properties: its geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravitational field.
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Goddard Space Flight Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States.
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Greenwood Publishing Group
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-CLIO.
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Harold Urey
Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium.
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Helium
Helium (from lit) is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2.
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Hood College
Hood College is a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland.
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Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Lego
Lego (stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark.
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Life (magazine)
Life was an American magazine that ran regularly from 1883 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 2000.
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List of minor planets: 2001–3000
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Mae Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut.
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Margaret Hamilton (scientist)
Margaret Heafield Hamilton (born Heafield on August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
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McDonald Observatory
The McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.
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Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.
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Microwave spectroscopy
Microwave spectroscopy is the spectroscopy method that employs microwaves, i.e. electromagnetic radiation at GHz frequencies, for the study of matter.
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Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (abbreviated ESAM) was established by NASA on September 15, 1961 when the original ESM was divided into three separate awards.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.
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Nevada
Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellites were a series of four American space observatories launched by NASA between 1966 and 1972, which provided the first high-quality observations of many objects in ultraviolet light.
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Project Gemini
Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program.
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Radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies.
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Russell Sage College
Russell Sage College (often Russell Sage or RSC) is a women's college located in Troy, New York, approximately north of New York City in the Capital District.
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Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American engineer, physicist and astronaut.
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Skylab
Skylab was the United States' space station that orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979, when it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention.
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Solar physics
Solar physics is the branch of astrophysics that specializes in the study of the Sun.
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Spacelab
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle.
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Sproul Observatory
Sproul Observatory was an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Swarthmore College.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, southwest of Philadelphia.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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Theory of relativity
The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity.
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Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 10 nm to 400 nm, shorter than that of visible light but longer than X-rays.
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United States Naval Research Laboratory
The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Western High School (Baltimore)
Western High School is the oldest public all-girls high school remaining in the United States.
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Women in science
Women have made significant contributions to science from the earliest times.
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X-ray
X-rays make up X-radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation.
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Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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