Overview
- UNAM announced on September 19 that Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman died at 77, noting her role as an investigator at its Institute of Astronomy.
- A longtime professor in UNAM’s Faculty of Sciences, she specialized in interstellar matter and the Solar System.
- She published more than 40 books for general audiences, appeared on radio and television, developed interactive exhibitions, and directed the Universum science museum.
- Her honors included UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize, the “Ing. Mario Molina” science medal, four honorary doctorates, and honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed condolences on X, and family accounts reported she was not terminally ill and died “writing and without pain.”