# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSwL8wlWae
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460531-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/abe0ab1ff8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-10T19:01:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Born #OTD in 1900, British-American astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered that stars are primarily made of hydrogen and helium. She made her revolutionary—and correct—conclusion about stars as a student, but it was so radical that her advisers convinced her to take it out of her thesis. .
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#space #milkyway #galaxy #cosmos #cosmology #british #astronomy #astronomer #spaceexploration #solarsystem #hydrogen #blueorigin #helium #nasagov #stars #womeninscience #herstory #leadingwomen #womenwhoscience #thisiswhatascientistlookslike #womenshistory #ceciliapaynegaposchkin #thesis

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## Tags

astronomer, solarsystem, stars, otd, astronomy, thisiswhatascientistlookslike, thesis, space, ceciliapaynegaposchkin, spaceexploration, milkyway, galaxy, leadingwomen, british, womeninscience, helium, cosmos, hydrogen, herstory, blueorigin, cosmology, nasagov, womenwhoscience, womenshistory

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