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DISPATCH #013
■ True Stories

The Woman Who Discovered the Age of the Universe

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The stars were always made of hydrogen. It just took a while for the men in charge to admit a woman had found it. In 1925, Cecilia Payne proved that stars are made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, overturning everything science believed about the composition of the universe.

The most powerful astronomer in America told her she was probably wrong.

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