People · researcher

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

1900–1979 · Astrophysics

Lifespan

1900–1979

Field

Astrophysics

Known For

Worked out that stars are overwhelmingly hydrogen, and was pressured to call the result spurious.

Nationality

British-American

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