Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (born Cecilia Helena Payne; May 10, 1900 – December 7, 1979) was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist. In her 1925 doctoral thesis she determined that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.

2019年8月23日 · Cecilia Payne (who went by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin most of her life) was instrumental in discovering the ubiquity of hydrogen in our universe, and the data she derived …

2024年12月10日 · A young woman sat in the dimly lit corridors of the Harvard College Observatory, delving into the mysteries of the cosmos. It was the 1920s and, surrounded by celestial spectrograms, Cecilia Payne was on the verge of a cosmic discovery that would redefine our understanding of not only stars but also the entire universe.

2023年6月22日 · Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had

2023年10月1日 · Cecilia Payne was a trailblazer, opening the doors wide for women in the sciences and the upper ranks of the halls of academia. This is the story of a brilliant female astronomer who took the world on her terms.

2025年3月10日 · It’s 1925, and a young woman sits hunched over glass plates etched with starlight, decoding the universe’s secrets. Her name is Cecilia Payne, and she’s about to turn astrophysics on its head. This month is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the trailblazers who defied odds and reshaped our world.

2024年5月10日 · Despite being subject to discrimination as a female scientist throughout her education and career, in 1956 Payne-Gaposchkin ultimately reached two other firsts: She was named Harvard’s first female professor and first female department chair. A wife, mother of three, and celebrated scientist, she died in December 1979.

1 天前 · SANTA CLARA, Calif. – A new age for Santa Clara women's basketball has arrived with the Broncos naming Loree Payne, one of the top young coaches in the nation, as

1 天前 · Northern Arizona head coach Loree Payne talks with her team during the quarterfinal round of the women's Big Sky Conference tournament on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho.

1 天前 · After eight years as the head coach of the NAU women’s basketball program, Loree Payne has accepted an offer for the women's basketball head coach at Santa Clara University. Payne amassed a school-record 136 wins during her tenure and was named the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year in the 2022-23 season after winning the regular season conference title.