Henrietta Swan Leavitt. Image: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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   Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Nov-2022 13:34:21 JST Sheril Kirshenbaum

   I bet you’ve heard of Galileo & Hubble, but what about Henrietta Swan Leavitt?

   Leavitt changed astronomy. She figured out new ways to measure a star’s distance from Earth & her work helped determine the universe is expanding.

   Her boss, Edward Pickering, published her findings UNDER HIS NAME. Later, Shapley used her findings to determine distances around the Milky Way w/o credit.

   Leavitt’s work is still used today. So next time you hear about famous men in #science share her remarkable story.