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Tag: Harvard Observatory
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Nation & World
Stitching together the stars
A new Radcliffe exhibit reminds viewers how Harvard astronomer Henrietta Leavitt’s efforts helped unlock mysteries of the cosmos.
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Nation & World
150 years later, her star is still rising
At Harvard College Observatory in the late 19th and early 20th century, Henrietta Swan Leavitt developed a powerful new tool for estimating the distances of stars and galaxies.
