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vera fluorence cooper rubin in Lowell Observatory in 1965, black and white picture

Vera Rubin’s Biography – Woman Who Shed Light on Dark Matter

The most popular conundrum in cosmology, dark matter, has several names attached to its discovery. One of them was Vera…

henrietta swan leavitt with a cepheid varible's image in her background

Henrietta Swan Leavitt – Woman Who Pioneered Cosmic Measurements

Ever wondered how the insane distances between astronomical objects were calculated? The stars and galaxies are hundreds of light years…

Jame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell in June 1967

Jocelyn Bell’s Discovery of Pulsars – Unsung Astrophysicist

A Pulsar is a densely magnetized revolving neutron star that produces electromagnetic radiation beams from its magnetic poles, the time…

astronomer Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin using a telescope

Cecilia Payne’s Discovery of Hydrogen in Stars

Stars have adorned the night sky since the dawn of time. But a crucial question about stars “what are stars…

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