Dorota Skowron

{{short description|Polish astronomer}}

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Dorota Maria Skowron is a scientist at the University of Warsaw.{{Cite web|url=http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~dszczyg/|title=Dorota Skowron - homepage|website=www.astrouw.edu.pl}} In 2019 she was part of the team that confirmed that the Milky Way galaxy was not flat.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49182184|title=We live in a warped and twisted galaxy|first=Pallab|last=Ghosh|work=BBC News |date=August 1, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/warped-milky-way-in-3d/|title=Warped Milky Way in 3D|first=Camille M.|last=Carlisle|date=August 1, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/08/01/world/europe/01reuters-space-galaxy.html|title=Astronomers Find That Milky Way Is a Warped and Twisted Galaxy|date=August 1, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.livescience.com/66080-3d-mapping-milky-way-twisted.html|title=New 3D Map of the Milky Way Shows Our Galaxy's Heart Is Totally Twisted|first1=Mindy|last1=Weisberger|date=August 1, 2019|website=Live Science}} She is a member of the International Astronomical Union.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/18678/|title=International Astronomical Union | IAU|website=www.iau.org}}

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