American astrophysicists

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"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it is my job, my responsibility, as an astronomer to remind people that alien hypotheses should always be a last resort."

- Tabetha S. Boyajian

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"In our troubled days it is good to have something outside our planet, something fine and distant for comfort."

- Annie Jump Cannon

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"Oh! Be A Fine Girl — Kiss Me!"

- Annie Jump Cannon

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"I love space, period. Hands down, I think the night sky is one of the most beautiful things in the universe. Learning about space was sort of the thing that I did when I was a kid. And then I found black holes, and life was different."

- Jedidah Isler

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"I think one of the biggest problems we have yet to solve is how to truly make sure that the science and technology ecosystem is open, welcoming, and accessible to all"

- Jedidah Isler

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"When I came home from school as a girl and said I wanted to study astrophysics, my mother convinced me it was not a ludicrous goal, that in fact I could do it, and she would help me get there."