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Sisters of the Sun
Discover the remarkable story of Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne, two incredible women who challenged conventional wisdom and uncovered the real-life story of the stars. Cannon led a group of female astronomers in the early 20th century to catalogue the spectral characters of stars, and two decades later, young British beauty Payne joined forces with Cannon to analyze the data and uncover the chemical compositions of the stars. Later, travel on the Ship of the Imagination to explore the lives and deaths of stars.
Aired: Apr 27, 2014 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Neil deGrasse TysonCreated By: Ann Druyan Steven SoterDuration: 1h Rating: 4.1 Country: United States of America Production: Fuzzy Door Productions, Cosmos Studios
Episodes
01: Standing Up in the Milky Way02: Some of the Things that Molecules Do03: When Knowledge Conquered Fear04: A Sky Full of Ghosts05: Hiding in the Light06: Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still07: The Clean Room08: Sisters of the Sun09: The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth10: The Electric Boy11: The Immortals12: The World Set Free13: Unafraid of the Dark