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1 day ago · However, when Henrietta Swan Leavitt and Edwin Hubble demonstrated that the universe was indeed expanding, Einstein discarded the cosmological constant, labeling it his "greatest mistake."
Jun 5, 2024 · Radcliffe-educated Henrietta Swan Leavitt, fighting ill health and progressive deafness, stumbled upon a new law that allowed astronomers to use variable stars--those whose brightness rhythmically changes--as a cosmic yardstick.
- Joan Naturale
- 2021
Jun 10, 2024 · Discover the incredible legacy of Henrietta Leavitt, a trailblazing American astronomer whose groundbreaking work transformed our perception of the vast universe.
23 hours ago · The father of stellar photometry, Edward Charles Pickering, revolutionized astronomy during his time as director of the Harvard Observatory. Pickering championed the contributions of women in science, collaborating with a team of about 80 women astronomers, including the brilliant Henrietta Swan Leavitt.
Jun 5, 2024 · She was hired as an assistant at the Harvard College Observatory, one of two Deaf women (Henrietta Swan Leavitt) where she classified more than 350,000 stars, developed a stellar classification system to describe them, discovered new stars, and novas, and curated astronomical photographs.
- Joan Naturale
- 2021
Jun 3, 2024 · Bouton created the “25 Variable Stars” installation to honor Henrietta Swan Leavitt, one of the first American female astronomers, who worked a few miles away at the Harvard Observatory and died in relative obscurity.
Jun 8, 2024 · An integral part of the exhibition are in fact The Variables of the Swan—a series of seven monumental canvases by the artist Ilaria Margutti inspired by Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s studies.
