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An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globeThe Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. Virginia Trimble and David Weintraub vividly describe how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before. Trimble and Weintraub bring together the stories of the tough and determined women who flung the doors wide open. Taking readers from 1960 to today, this triumphant anthology serves as an inspiration to current and future generations of women scientists while giving voice to the history of a transformative era in astronomy.With contributions by Neta Bahcall, Beatriz Barbuy, Ann Merchant Boesgaard, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Catherine Cesarsky, Poonam Chandra, Xuefei Chen, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew, Cathie Clarke, Judith Gamora Cohen, France Anne Córdova, Anne Pyne Cowley, Bożena Czerny, Wendy L. Freedman, Gabriela González, Saeko S. Hayashi, Martha Patricia Haynes, Roberta Humphreys, Vicky Kalogera, Gillian Knapp, Shazrene S. Mohamed, Carole Mundell, Priyamvada Natarajan, Dara Norman, Hiranya Peiris, Judith Lynn Pipher, Dina Prialnik, Anneila I. Sargent, Sara Seager, Gražina Tautvaišienė, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Virginia Trimble, Meg Urry, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Patricia Ann Whitelock, Sidney Wolff, and Rosemary F. G. Wyse.

Women astronomers --- Women in astronomy --- SCIENCE / Astronomy. --- History. --- 61 Cygni. --- Abundance of the chemical elements. --- Aircraft. --- Airglow. --- Alertness. --- Andromeda Galaxy. --- Annie Jump Cannon. --- Astronomer. --- Astronomy. --- Aurora. --- Availability. --- Awareness. --- Be star. --- Brightness. --- By Nature. --- CERN. --- California Institute of Technology. --- Career. --- Centerfold. --- Cygnus X-1. --- Determination. --- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. --- Dyer Observatory. --- Electromagnetic spectrum. --- Employability. --- Exoplanet. --- Extremely large telescope. --- First Book. --- Free Speech Movement. --- Funding. --- Galaxy filament. --- Galaxy. --- Gamma-ray burst. --- Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph. --- Governance. --- Gratitude. --- Hubble Space Telescope. --- In the News. --- Innovation. --- Instrumentation. --- Joint Astronomy Centre. --- Jupiter. --- Kilauea. --- Kitt Peak National Observatory. --- LAMOST. --- LIGO. --- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. --- Light curve. --- Magellanic Clouds. --- McCormick Observatory. --- Measurement. --- Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. --- Open cluster. --- Optimism. --- Orbital period. --- Orbital speed. --- Organization. --- Oxygen. --- Payload. --- Personality. --- Phenomenon. --- Photometer. --- Physical property. --- Physicist. --- Prediction. --- Publicity. --- Quantity. --- Quasar. --- Relativistic beaming. --- Result. --- Roof garden. --- Seniority. --- Seriousness. --- Shubha Tole. --- Social order. --- Sokkia. --- Source code. --- Space physics. --- Spectrograph. --- Star chart. --- Star formation. --- Star. --- Stellar atmosphere. --- Stellar structure. --- Steward Observatory. --- Studentship. --- Supercluster. --- Supernova. --- Technology. --- Telescope. --- The Conceptual Framework. --- Thrill Me. --- Total Immersion. --- Trimaran. --- Universe. --- VY Canis Majoris. --- Valedictorian. --- White dwarf. --- Workforce. --- Zonta International. --- Astronomy --- Astronomers --- Women physical scientists

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A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars reveals how.Les Johnson takes you on a thrilling tour of the physics and technologies that may enable us to reach the stars. He discusses the latest exoplanet discoveries, promising interstellar missions on the not-so-distant horizon, and exciting new developments in space propulsion, power, robotics, communications, and more. But interstellar travel will not be easy, and it is not for the faint of heart. Johnson describes the harsh and forbidding expanse of space that awaits us, and addresses the daunting challenges—both human and technological—that we will need to overcome in order to realize tomorrow’s possibilities.A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars is your passport to the next great frontier of human discovery, providing a rare inside look at the remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology that will help tomorrow’s space travelers chart a course for the stars.

Interstellar travel. --- Space vehicles --- 100 Year Starship. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Alpha Centauri. --- Andromeda Galaxy. --- Antimatter. --- Asteroid belt. --- Astrobiology. --- Astronaut. --- Astronomer. --- Astronomical object. --- Astronomical unit. --- Astronomy. --- Be star. --- Celestial navigation. --- Colonization of Mars. --- Comet tail. --- Dwarf planet. --- Ecliptic. --- Einstein Cross. --- Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion. --- Elongation (astronomy). --- Eris (dwarf planet). --- Exoplanet. --- Exploration of Mars. --- Extraterrestrial intelligence. --- GPS navigation device. --- Galactic Center. --- Gamma ray. --- Gravitational lens. --- Gravity of Earth. --- Gravity well. --- Hubble Space Telescope. --- Intercontinental ballistic missile. --- Interplanetary mission. --- Interstellar medium. --- Interstellar probe. --- Journey to Jupiter. --- Launch vehicle. --- Local Interstellar Cloud. --- Low Earth orbit. --- Luke Skywalker. --- Luna 1. --- Mars 2. --- Mars and Beyond. --- Mars landing. --- Meteoroid. --- Milky Way. --- Nebula. --- Newton's law of universal gravitation. --- Nuclear fission. --- Nuclear fusion. --- Orbit. --- Orbital mechanics. --- Orbital plane (astronomy). --- Orbital spaceflight. --- Outer planets. --- Photon rocket. --- Photon. --- Pioneer 10. --- Planet. --- Planetary flyby. --- Project Gemini. --- Propellant. --- Propulsion. --- Proxima Centauri. --- Radio telescope. --- Rocket launch. --- Rocket propellant. --- Saturn. --- Science fiction. --- Semi-major and semi-minor axes. --- Solar System. --- Solar eclipse. --- Solid-fuel rocket. --- Space Age. --- Space Launch System. --- Space Odyssey. --- Space Shuttle external tank. --- Space environment. --- Space exploration. --- Space telescope. --- Space vehicle. --- SpaceX. --- Spacecraft propulsion. --- Spacecraft. --- Spaceflight. --- Star Drive. --- Star cluster. --- Star system. --- Technology. --- To the Moon. --- Trantor. --- Tritium. --- Tsiolkovsky rocket equation. --- Uranus. --- V-2 rocket. --- Voyager 1. --- Voyager 2. --- Voyager program. --- Propulsion systems.