Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time, discovered the relationship between a star’s brightness and its fluctuation period. This breakthrough allowed Edwin Hubble to measure ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt. Born in 1868 in Massachusetts, Henrietta Swan Leavitt began volunteering as a Harvard Computer; because jobs for women in astronomy were so few and far between at that time ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born on July 4, 1868, in Lancaster, Mass., the oldest of seven children. She was named for her mother, Henrietta Swan (Kendrick) Leavitt.

Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt is credited with creating tools to help us map the starts in the universe. Now her life story is being told in a very unique way right here in Portland through ...

Titled “25 Stars: A Temporary Monument to Henrietta Swan Leavitt,” the installation pushes the boundaries of medium and materiality to expose the groundbreaking research of its eponymous ...

The life of astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt in the late 19th and early 20th centuries wasn't glamorous. Her tedious work and genius observations didn't guarantee fame or equality, at least not ...

Before Edwin Hubble, there was Henrietta Leavitt, whose work made other astronomers’ discoveries possible. Her way of looking is a testament to the power of attention in science, art, and life.

Henrietta Leavitt was a female "computer" for Harvard Observatory who discovered how to measure the distance to stars. Her life and work are in the play "Silent Sky" at Wetumpka Depot.

Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt by Anna Von Mertens. MIT Press, 2024 ($34.95) Fans of Hidden Figures and The Glass Universe will appreciate Anna Von ...