The Galaxy

Women, non-binary, and trans people whose work shaped the world, each one a celestial object. Planets are scientists and explorers. Comets are organizers and activists. Stars are writers and thinkers. Moons are caretakers and educators. Nebulae are collectives, never one person. Hover for the short version, click for Wikipedia. The layout is a tribute to the 1996 Space Jam website, and yes, on purpose.

Hypatia, mathematician and astronomer of ancient Alexandria.
Maria Kirch, German astronomer who discovered a comet.
Laura Bassi, first woman to earn a physics doctorate in Europe.
Caroline Herschel, first woman to discover a comet and receive a Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society.
Vera Rubin, astronomer whose work confirmed the existence of dark matter.
Chien-Shiung Wu, experimental physicist who disproved the law of conservation of parity.
Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the first US spaceflights.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, astronomer who discovered the relationship between Cepheid variable stars and distance.
Hisako Koyama, Japanese astronomer who observed the sun for over 40 years.
Women spacefarers, a celebration of all women who have traveled to space.
Nichelle Nichols, actress and activist who inspired generations as Lt. Uhura.
Women astronomers, a full list of women who have shaped astronomy.
Annie Maunder
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Jill Tarter
Annie Jump Cannon
Sandra Faber
Katie Bouman
Maria Mitchell
Mary Somerville
Mary Jackson
Dorothy Vaughan
Sally Ride
Margaret Burbidge
Wang Zhenyi
Kate Mulgrew