# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BlG16wXg3yi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460723-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4c02ad94ab.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-07-11T21:44:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

By developing a tool to measure distant stars and galaxies, astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt enabled the discovery of the expansion of our universe. She discovered more than 2,400 variable stars.🌠
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#WCW #womancrush #womancrushwednesday #science #womeninscience #star #space #discover #discovery #inspire #inspiring #history #sciencehistory #women #invent #cosmos #lookup #nightsky #stars #astronomy #astronomer #universe

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## Tags

stars, astronomy, history, inspire, womancrushwednesday, star, space, inspiring, wcw, nightsky, invent, womeninscience, cosmos, science, women, discovery, universe, sciencehistory, womancrush, discover, lookup, astronomer

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