Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Maria Mitchell was the third of 10 children. Astronomer Maria Mitchell discovered a new comet in the night sky over Nantucket on October 1, 1847. Over the next few nights, a handful of other observers ...

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Born in 1818 (the same year Venus occulted Jupiter), Maria Mitchell was not only America’s first female astronomer, she was also the first person in the country’s history to discover a comet – a feat ...

In July 1878, six women scientists, their attendants, a photographer and an artist gathered in Colorado on a panoramic plateau at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The group had a shared mission: ...

Standing in the entrance to the first floor west wing of the National Museum of American History, a large telescope towers over visitors. It’s angled toward the ceiling, drawing the eye up to imagine ...

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Professor, astronomer, tourist attraction. Maria Mitchell held many titles, but she liked tourist attraction least. Soon after discovering her first comet in 1847, the American astronomer became a ...

“Maria Mitchell proposes to open a school for girls,” read the advertisement in The Nantucket Inquirer in August 1835. “Instruction will be given in Reading, Spelling, Geography, Grammar, History, ...

NANTUCKET — For the first time in her many visits to the house where Maria Mitchell was born, writer Amy Brill climbed to the rooftop walkway and looked around. On Oct. 1, 1847, Mitchell stood on a ...