Italian astrophysicist Margherita Hack dies at 91
Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 17:30
in Astronomy & Space
Margherita Hack, an astrophysicist who explained her research on the stars in plain language for the public and who championed civil rights in her native Italy, died on Saturday in the Adriatic Sea town of Trieste, where she had headed an astronomical observatory. She was 91.