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For the #Spacetober prompt heliophysics , of course it’s #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), who discovered what stars are made of & that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe.⁠

Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 where she heard a lecture which changed her life. 🧵1/n

#linocut #physics #sciart #printmaking #womenInSTEM #astrophysics #astronomer #MastoArt

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