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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"A great source of inspiration"
She died December 7, 1979, at age 79. Franciele Kruczkiewicz, what is it about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin that you find particularly fascinating? What makes me find scientists like Cecilia ...