Ethan SiegelJan 22
Remembering Gladys West: who used Einstein to create GPS RIP to Gladys West: the "hidden figure" most people have never heard of, but whose work is second only to Einstein's in enabling and developing our modern GPS. #BlackInAstro bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #GPS #astro #physics #einstein

Remembering Gladys West: who u...
Remembering Gladys West, who used Einstein to create GPS

Two main contributors enabled our modern global positioning system (GPS): Albert Einstein and Gladys West. Here's how she made it happen.

Big Think
StartsWithABangJan 22

Remembering Gladys West: who used Einstein to create GPS

RIP to Gladys West: the "hidden figure" most people have never heard of, but whose work is second only to Einstein's in enabling and developing our modern GPS.

#BlackInAstro

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/gladys-west-einstein-gps/

yocum137Feb 3, 2025
🔭🧪📡 #WomenInSTEM #AcademicSky #BlackInAstro
La ZelmanJun 10, 2020
#BlackInAstro: ¿Cómo podemos apoyar a los astrónomos de la comunidad negra? | Astrobites en español https://astrobitos.org/2020/06/05/blackinastro-como-podemos-apoyar-a-los-astronomos-de-la-comunidad-negra/ a través de @Astrobitos
Matt WillemsenJun 22, 2024
Black Space Week Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
https://eos.org/articles/black-space-week-celebrates-fifth-anniversary
#BlackSpaceWeek #BlackInAstro #NASA #USNationalSpaceCouncil #WhiteHouse
Black Space Week Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

The annual event has grown from a viral hashtag to a global uplifting of Black experiences with space.

Eos
Meg SchwambJun 18, 2024
Check out all the events that are part of Black Space Week 2024 https://www.blackinastro.com/black-space-week-2024 #scicomm #blackinastro #astrodon #blackspaceweek
BSW2024<br/> — Black In Astro

Black In Astro
Steve CrawfordOct 3, 2023

Great talk by Caprice Phillips on #BlackInAstro at the #dotAstro meeting.

The new website has profiles of many of the members of the #BlackInAstro community- check out all the great stuff there are doing in Astronomy!

https://www.blackinastro.com

Black In Astro

Black In Astro
Steve CrawfordOct 3, 2023

Great set of videos produced during #BlackinSpace with the AAS with six scholars on their science being published in the AAS journals

#BlackSpaceWeek2023 #BlackInAstro #dotastro #astrodon #OpenScience

https://aas.org/posts/news/2023/06/aas-publishing-introduces-blackspaceweek2023-video-series

AAS Publishing Introduces #BlackSpaceWeek2023 Video Series | American Astronomical Society

AAS Publishing is launching a special series of AAS Journal Author video chats in collaboration with Black in Astro for BlackSpaceWeek to highlight the work of several incredible Black astronomers.

Prof Heino FalckeJul 6, 2023
I accidentally was at the #RoyalAstronomicalSociety #AwardDinner at #Cardiff #PrincipalityStadium during #NAM2023 and #BlackInAstro made a splashing appearance receiving the Annie Maunder Medal for outreach in astronomy. Too bad they aren’t in the Fediverse yet … #Astrodon #Astronomy #Awards
Alyson DeckerJun 19, 2023

Today is #CiteBlackInSpace, so who are some of your favorite #BlackInAstro authors?

Two of my favorites are AJ Link (check out some of his work here: http://www.jusadastra.org/assets/files/Disability%20in%20Space%20-%20FINAL.pdf) and Timiebi U. Aganaba (check out some of her publications on her LinkedIn profile).