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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: Sisters of the Sun

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

Documentary | United States

National Geo | Friday, 15 December 2017 | 08:00

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Friday, 15 December 2017 08:00

Saturday, 12 November 2016 15:00

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 8 - Sisters of the Sun

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Meeting Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne, who challenged conventional wisdom about the lives and deaths of stars, before looking at the lifecycle of stars, which emerge from interstellar clouds.

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