Kim Coble, associate professor of physics at Chicago State University and a volunteer mentor with young women involved in Project Exploration's Sisters4Science program, and K' Maja Bell, 16, who has been involved in Project Exploration since she was in the 7th grade. Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

K' Maja Bell, 16, who has been involved in Project Exploration since she was in the 7th grade and Kim Coble, associate professor of physics at Chicago State University and a volunteer mentor with young women involved in Project Exploration's Sisters4Science program. Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

Kim Coble, associate professor of physics at Chicago State University and a volunteer mentor with young women involved in Project Exploration's Sisters4Science program, and K' Maja Bell, 16, who has been involved in Project Exploration since she was in the 7th grade. Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

Kim Coble, associate professor of physics at Chicago State University and a volunteer mentor with young women involved in Project Exploration's Sisters4Science program, and K' Maja Bell, 16, who has been involved in Project Exploration since she was in the 7th grade. Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

K' Maja Bell, 16, who has been involved in Project Exploration since she was in the 7th grade and Kim Coble, associate professor of physics at Chicago State University and a volunteer mentor with young women involved in Project Exploration's Sisters4Science program. Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

K' Maja Bell, 16, who has been involved in Project Exploration since she was in the 7th grade and Kim Coble, associate professor of physics at Chicago State University and a volunteer mentor with young women involved in Project Exploration's Sisters4Science program. Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell and her mentor, astrophysicist Kim Coble, offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society. The e-book, designed for college freshmen who aren’t majoring in science, will be titled “The Big Ideas in Cosmology.” Courtesy AAS, © 2012 Joson Images

Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell and her mentor, astrophysicist Kim Coble, offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society. The e-book, designed for college freshmen who aren’t majoring in science, will be titled “The Big Ideas in Cosmology.” Courtesy AAS, © 2012 Joson Images

Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell and her mentor, astrophysicist Kim Coble, offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society. The e-book, designed for college freshmen who aren’t majoring in science, will be titled “The Big Ideas in Cosmology.” Courtesy AAS, © 2012 Joson Images

Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell and her mentor, astrophysicist Kim Coble, offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society. The e-book, designed for college freshmen who aren’t majoring in science, will be titled “The Big Ideas in Cosmology.” Courtesy AAS, © 2012 Joson Images

Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell and her mentor, astrophysicist Kim Coble, offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society. The e-book, designed for college freshmen who aren’t majoring in science, will be titled “The Big Ideas in Cosmology.” Courtesy AAS, © 2012 Joson Images

Sixteen-year-old Evergreen Park native K’Maja Bell and her mentor, astrophysicist Kim Coble, offered an exclusive glimpse into a new e-book about the cosmos at the nation’s yearly gathering of the American Astronomical Society. The e-book, designed for college freshmen who aren’t majoring in science, will be titled “The Big Ideas in Cosmology.” Courtesy AAS, © 2012 Joson Images