Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson
Astronomy Week: Caroline Herschel Discovered Comets And Became A Star
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This week we’re replaying some of our favorite shows about planets and stars and galaxies and the people who have studied them. In this episode from March 2022, the story of an astronomer who definitely made her mark on the sky: Caroline Herschel, the first woman to discover a comet. Plus: residents of Pooler, Georgia, have a local landmark, a giant mailbox, 16 feet long, 8 feet tall, and painted to look like a black and white cow. Caroline Herschel (NASA) Eight Women Astronomers You Should Know (JSTOR) Who moo-ved the giant mailbox? Chatham County landmark disappears, but don’t have a cow (WJCL) Our Patreon backers are pretty stellar too --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support