Title Searching beyond the stars : seven women in science take on space's biggest questions / written by Nicole Mortillaro ; illustrated by Amanda Key.

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Toronto : Annick Press, 2022.

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Description	118 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"An in-depth look at the lives and accomplishments of seven extraordinary women in the world of astronomy and space study. With a focus on feminist and stem-related content, this non-fiction book is written by a Senior Science Reporter for CBC."-- Provided by publisher.
Form	Issued also in electronic formats.
Contents	Opening the universe -- Navigating this book -- Leading the race : Katherine Johnson takes us into orbit -- Ears on the sky : Jill Tarter listens for alien technologies -- Talking space : Emily Lakdawalla brings science to the people -- Planetary rover : Tanya Harrison roams Mars -- Life beyond Earth : Sara Seager searches for alien planets -- Running hot or cold : Renée Hložek predicts how the universe will end -- Peering through the clouds : Ashley Walker and the making of other worlds -- Into the great unknown -- Pioneering women in STEM.
Subject	Women astronomers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women in astronomy -- Juvenile literature.
	Space sciences -- Juvenile literature.
	Space sciences. (OCoLC)fst01127807
	Women astronomers. (OCoLC)fst01177176
	Women in astronomy. (OCoLC)fst01177831
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
Added Author	Key, Amanda, illustrator.
Other Form:	Online version: Mortillaro, Nicole, 1972- Searching beyond the stars. Toronto : Annick Press, 2022 1773216279 9781773216270 (OCoLC)1296683784
ISBN	9781773216256 (hardcover)
	1773216252 (hardcover)
	9781773216249 (softcover)
	1773216244 (softcover)

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