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Amelia Fraser-McKelvie, who discovered some of the universe's missing mass as a university student
Katie Mack theoretical astrophysicist and popular science writer
Caroline Moore, youngest person to discover a supernova (age 14)

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 ==Famous female astronomers and astrophysicists==
-* [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]]
+* [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]], the discoverer of pulsars
 * [[Annie Jump Cannon]]
 * [[Margaret Geller]]
 * [[Caroline Herschel]]
-* [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]]
 * [[Maria Mitchell]]
+* [[Ruby Payne-Scott]]
+* [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]]
+* [[Jill Tarter]], the inspiration for the main character of Carl Sagan's ''Contact''
 ==Other female astronomers and astrophysicists==
 * [http://scienceblog.com/45475/student-finds-universe%E2%80%99s-missing-mass/ Amelia Fraser-McKelvie], who discovered some of the universe's missing mass as a university student
+* [http://www.astrokatie.com/ Katie Mack] theoretical astrophysicist and popular science writer
 * [http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/06/amazing-women.html Caroline Moore], youngest person to discover a supernova (age 14)
 == See also==
 *[[List of women in physics]]