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Oconee County resident Susan Vizurraga has written an historical fiction novel on a little-known female astronomer.

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At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.

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