Nasa names a moon mountain after black mathematician and ‘hidden figure’

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Climber, educator, trailblazer. Few people may have heard the name of Mabel Barker , but her resolve to live life on her own terms pushed the boundaries of climbing, in the Lake District and beyond.

This groundbreaking astronomer helped us discover our place in the universe

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

plant and animal samples during his Antarctica expedition ...

Ten years ago, Pluto emerged from the gloom at the Solar System’s ragged edge – and a new world came in from the cold. Five billion kilometres (3 billion miles) from Earth, on 14 July 2015, NASA’s pia