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@Sheril 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/Sheril/statuses/109379733057460401
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I bet you’ve heard of #Galileo & Hubble, but what about #Henrietta Swan Leavitt?

#Leavitt changed #astronomy. She figured out new ways to measure a star’s distance from #Earth & her #work helped determine the #universe is expanding.

Her boss, Edward #Pickering, published her findings UNDER HIS NAME. Later, #Shapley used her #findings to determine distances around the Milky Way w/o credit.

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@Sheril 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/Sheril/statuses/109379733057460401
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I bet you’ve heard of #Galileo & Hubble, but what about #Henrietta Swan Leavitt?

#Leavitt changed #astronomy. She figured out new ways to measure a star’s distance from #Earth & her #work helped determine the #universe is expanding.

Her boss, Edward #Pickering, published her findings UNDER HIS NAME. Later, #Shapley used her #findings to determine distances around the Milky Way w/o credit.

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