Silent Sky tells the story of pioneering astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt and explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific and heart-bound discoveries. A decade ...

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

The two people whose shoulders Hubble stood on the most, though, were Henrietta Swan Leavitt and Harlow Shapley. Leavitt worked at Harvard College Observatory as a "computer" who would analyze ...

In 1912, Harvard College Observatory Director Edward Pickering published a report by a little-known assistant named Henrietta Swan Leavitt in the observatory's circular. The paper, titled "Periods ...

The two people whose shoulders Hubble stood on the most, though, were Henrietta Swan Leavitt and Harlow Shapley. Leavitt worked at Harvard College Observatory as a "computer" who would analyze ...

There are no tape-measures in space, but by the early 20th century Henrietta Swan Leavitt had discovered that the pulsation period of Cepheid variables is directly tied to their luminosity.

Fremont Community Theatre is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of "Silent Sky," a spellbinding drama that explores the life and groundbreaking work of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt.

Learn more. The Kennebunk High School drama department will present “Silent Sky,” a play by Lauren Gunderson that tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt and her groundbreaking work in ...