Dame Carole Jordan obituary

Astrophysicist who studied the outer atmospheres of cool stars including the corona of the sun, visible during eclipses Dame Carole Jordan, who has died aged 84, was internationally renowned for her studies of the outer atmosphere of the sun and other cool stars. In 1994 she was appointed the first female president of the Royal Astronomical Society and she was a formidable advocate for women in science. When we glance at the sun we see a yellow zone at a temperature of 5,500C – the photospher...

By Michael Rowan-Robinson