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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (born Cecilia Helena Payne; () May 10, 1900 – () December 7, 1979) was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist. In her 1925 doctoral thesis she proposed that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.
Mar 8, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the first person to discover hydrogen as the dominant element in the universe. Read how she overcame sexism and bias to pursue her passion for astronomy at Cambridge and Harvard.
May 9, 2024 · Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (born May 10, 1900, Wendover, Eng.—died Dec. 7, 1979, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.) was a British-born American astronomer who discovered that stars are made mainly of hydrogen and helium and established that stars could be classified according to their temperatures.
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May 14, 2020 · She was right, and with her 1925 dissertation, Cecilia Payne, later known as Payne-Gaposchkin, earned a place in science history. But her story is still little known, and nearly a century...
Discover how Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin revolutionized our understanding of the stars and became a trailblazer for women in astronomy.
Dec 31, 2018 · Learn about Cecilia Payne, the first woman to become a Head of Department at Harvard and the discoverer of the Sun's hydrogen and helium composition. She also married Sergei Gaposchkin, a fellow astronomer who fled from the Crimea and Germany.
Feb 24, 2020 · Male astronomers often achieve a popular fame that eluded one of the field’s most distinguished women: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. That should be remedied by Donovan Moore’s engaging and accessible...
