What are stars made of? A century ago, this woman found out—and changed physics forever
In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...
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Henrietta Leavitt
Henrietta Leavitt was born in ... This group studied photo images of stars to determine their magnitude. During her career, Leavitt discovered more than 2,400 variable stars, about half of the ...
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Three women who changed the way we see the Universe
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Vera Rubin changed the way we view the Universe. So why don't we hear more about them? Illustrations by Rebecca Hendin Follow BBC Reel on ...
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Henrietta Leavitt
Henrietta Leavitt was born in ... This group studied photo images of stars to determine their magnitude. During her career, Leavitt discovered more than 2,400 variable stars, about half of the ...