100 years ago, Cecilia Payne discovered what the stars are made of It might seem obvious today, but it was just 100 years ago that we discovered that the Sun, and all stars, are made of hydrogen and helium. We should thank Cecilia Payne for that.bigthink.com/starts-with-...#space #science #stars
100 years ago, Cecilia Payne d...
100 years ago, Cecilia Payne d...
100 years ago, Cecilia Payne discovered what the stars are made of
For centuries, even after we knew the Sun was a star like any other, we still didn't know what it was made of. Cecilia Payne changed that.Ethan Siegel (Big Think)
