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Gemma Lavender
British astronomer and writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1986 · age 40
Gemma Lavender is a British astronomer, author and journalist. She was the longest-serving editor of All About Space, a monthly scientific magazine owned by British publisher Future plc and before the publication's closure in October 2024.
Gemma Lavender is read about 2 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 28 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Lavender was also the Editor in Chief of Future plc's science portfolio before announcing that she would be stepping into the role of Content Director of Knowledge and Education in October 2021. Lavender has authored books on quantum physics, astronomy and astrophysics. She became Content Director of Space.com and Live Science in February 2022, leaving the position in January 2023 to join the European Space Agency.