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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry

1 April 2020

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves in a rich biography, What Stars Are Made Of
Xie Gengxin

Chinese Chang’e 4 engineer explains how to garden on the moon

17 January 2020

The brains behind the first plant ever to germinate on the moon explains how the Chinese mission succeeded

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