Cosmos — Season 1, Episode 8: Sisters of the Sun
Documentary • 43 min • 2 seasons, 26 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Cosmos
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Standing Up in the Milky Way
- E2Some of the Things that Molecules Do
- E3When Knowledge Conquered Fear
- E4A Sky Full of Ghosts
- E5Hiding in the Light
- E6Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
- E7The Clean Room
- E9The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
- E10The Electric Boy
- E11The Immortals
- E12The World Set Free
- E13Unafraid of the Dark