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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."
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.
1 day ago · Hubble's law, also known as the Hubble–Lemaître law, [1] is the observation in physical cosmology that galaxies are moving away from Earth at speeds proportional to their distance. In other words, the farther they are, the faster they are moving away from Earth.
23 hours ago · Henrietta Swan Leavitt (Isn’t that a wonderful name for an astronomer?) died of stomach cancer at the age of 53. Asteroid 5383 Leavitt is named for her, as is Crater Leavitt on the Moon. Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work led to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
4 days ago · Lauretta Summerscales was a moving Odette and she quickly recovered from a mishap in her Act III variation to become an alluring Odile. But the corps de ballet are the real stars of this...
23 hours ago · Los autores del artículo son nueve miembros de la Asociación Astronómica y Educativa de Canarias “Henrietta Swan Leavitt”, siete de los cuales son docentes de centros públicos dependientes de la CEFPAFD, tanto de Primaria como de Secundaria.
3 days ago · The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is the story of an African American woman and her family that touches on many big issues: bioethics, racism, poverty, science, faith, and more. What threads stand out to you and why?
