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Three women who changed the way we see the Universe

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Vera Rubin changed the way we view the Universe.

So why don't we hear more about them?

Illustrations by Rebecca Hendin

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16 March 2022
Space

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