It's been 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy
On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...
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The Harvard Observatory.
who are ignorant of the opportunities offered by such branches of the University as the Astronomical Observatory. The observatory is open every day to all Harvard men for inspection. There are ...
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Harvard Observatory Opens Windows on Universe
Many of these telescopes, cameras, radiometers, spectrometers and spectrographs have been built, and others are being built by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory and the closely ...
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Unearthing the legacy of Harvard's female 'computers'
More than 40 years before women gained the right to vote, female "computers" at Harvard College Observatory were making major astronomical discoveries. Between 1885 and 1927, the observatory ...
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The man (and a woman, and a high-school dropout) who discovered the expanding universe
Step back in time to 1912, and you’ll find Henrietta Leavitt working at the Harvard College Observatory. The financially independent Leavitt initially worked for free, but later was paid.
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Henrietta Leavitt
She hadn't forgotten about astronomy, though. She volunteered at the Harvard College Observatory in 1895. Seven years later she was appointed to the permanent staff (at a salary of 30 cents an ...
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Galileo Project Releases Commissioning Data on Half a Million Aerial Objects: Are Any of Them UAP?
The Galileo Project has released the commissioning data from its first Observatory at Harvard University in a new scientific ...