On 10th April 2019 astronomers released the first ever image of a black hole. And interestingly, a 29-year-old female US Computer Scientist Dr Katie Bouman has been credited for it. But many netizens (read men) weren’t happy with the fact that a female astronomer could achieve what male astronomers have tried from so long time. […]

Astrophysicist Vera Rubin, the pioneer of discovering evidence of dark matter is no more. There are many reasons to celebrate Vera Rubin for being someone to break the glass ceiling in space. Not without struggles though. “I didn’t think that all astronomers were male, because I didn’t know.” “She died on Sunday night of natural causes,” […]