Issue of March 6, 2026
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, Ferah Munshi, Stella Kafka, and Ben Keller
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Crosspost: Meet 7 Women Who Broke Barriers in Astronomy for Women's History Month
2. Deaf women fought for the right to vote
3. What Crystals Older Than the Sun Reveal About the Start of the Solar System
4. Apollo moon rock researchers say they've settled the debate over moon's magnetic field
5. Celebrating Women Shaping the Future of Scientific Publishing
6. How one remarkable Suffolk woman helped shape modern astronomy
7. Apply now for 2026 Caroline Herschel Lectureship
8. Feb. 10, 1842: Birth of Agnes Mary Clerke
9. Top UA astronomy professor was also a women's sports pioneer
10. Job Opportunities
11. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
13. Access to Past Issues
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
Welcome to Women's History Month. This week we feature Sam Cohen's article for Iowa Starting Line, "Meet 7 women who broke barriers in astronomy for Women's History Month." Cohen presents some of astronomy's most famous women as the month kicks off.
Read more at: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2026/03/crosspost-meet-7-women-who-broke.html
Annie Jump Cannon was a pioneering astronomer. Born in 1863, she experienced progressive hearing loss starting at a young age. One of the first women from Delaware to attend college, she was her class valedictorian when she graduated from Wellesley College, where she excelled in the sciences and mathematics.
Read more at: https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030226_deaf_womens_rights_op/deaf-women-fought-right-vote/
The standard story of the origin of our solar system has gone like this: 4.6 billion years ago, a giant cloud of dust hung frozen in space. Our solar system and sun formed from this cloud. To test the validity of this story, researchers need to peer back in time to the solar system’s first moments and beyond. And the cosmochemist Nan Liu has a way to do that: Locked in a safe on her desk at Boston University’s Institute for Astrophysical Research is a shard of meteorite flecked with material older than the sun.
Read more at: https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-crystals-older-than-the-sun-reveal-about-the-start-of-the-solar-system-20260302/
Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh take on the moon's mysterious magnetic field, scientists reported on Wednesday. The moon had "incredibly short spikes in high magnetic field strength" lasting no more than 5,000 years and possibly as short as a few decades, the result of melting titanium-rich rocks deep within the moon, said lead author Claire Nichols.
Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/moon-apollo-magnetic-9.7106570
On the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the IOP recognised the researchers, editors and reviewers who drive science forward and open new paths for the next generation.
Read more at: https://ioppublishing.org/celebrating-women-shaping-the-future-of-scientific-publishing/
A century ago, she watched the night sky and changed science. Discover the hidden story of Suffolk amateur astronomer Alice Grace Cook
Read more at: https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/science/how-one-remarkable-suffolk-woman-helped-shape-modern-astronomy/
The Herschel Society and Royal Astronomical Society are now welcoming applications for the 2026 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship. The Lectureship was established to celebrate Caroline’s memory by supporting promising women astronomers early in their careers.
Read more at: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/apply-now-2026-caroline-herschel-lectureship
Although she was an observer, even spending two months at the observatory at the Cape of Good Hope studying variable stars, Agnes Mary Clerke is primarily recognized as a historian of astronomy – sometimes even called “the founder of the history of astronomy.” Her most famous work, A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century, was published in 1885.
Read more at: https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/feb-10-1842-birth-of-agnes-mary-clerke/
A legendary University of Arizona scientist is getting an award from one of the country's top athletic conferences. Regent's professor Marcia Rieke developed instruments for the James Webb Space Telescope. Now she's been recognized by the Big 12 Conference as UA's Faculty of the Year honoree.
Read more at: https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2026/2/16/228480-top-ua-astronomy-professor-was-also-a-womens-sports-pioneer/
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/resources/Diversity#howtoincrease
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https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CALTECH&cws=37&rid=10805
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