Hello, everyone!
This one is h/t Crimson Quillfeather, who will be our new Saturday diarist! Yay!!!
I wasn’t expecting the spectrum to ride along, but I’m not objecting!
Until 100 years ago, it was believed the stars were made of iron, silicon.In 1925 Cecilia Payne applied the new field of quantum mechanics to discover the sun was mostly hydrogen & helium. She “paved the way for understanding how stars form & evolve, where chemical elements come from”#womeninstem
— CJ (@mateloos.be) 2026-05-20T20:48:40.827Z
Welcome to the small blue spiral section. It’s short!
Monday is Maybe It Will Happen Today bonus day! Because everyone needs a hopeful thought on Monday!
Thanks for reading! Have a great week!
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