A color photo of astronomer standing in front of a University of Toronto observatory. She is wearing a mauve jacket with a gold necklace and a gold broach on her right lapel. Her white hair is pulled back behind a headband, and her head is turned so she is looking upwards and to her right. She is wearing tortoise shell glasses.

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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 16:36:56 UTC Robert McNees

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   In a video produced by the University of Toronto, aimed at recruiting women into the sciences and recorded just a few days before she passed away, Helen Sawyer Hogg gave a lovely and succinct description of that feeling that drives us to pursue science and to share our work.

   “Not to know what’s beyond is like spending your life in the cellar, being completely oblivious of all the wonderful things around us.”

   Image: U Toronto, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics