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Discovered the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variables, which became a key step in measuring cosmic distances.

First American woman to work as a professional astronomer, best known for discovering a comet, which was named 'Miss Mitchell's Comet'.

Pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates, provided strong evidence for the existence of dark matter.

Established that stars are made primarily of hydrogen and helium and wrote an influential thesis considered as 'the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy'.

Discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967 which provided important confirmation of the existence of neutron stars.

First woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid for her scientific work, recognized as one of the first professional female astronomers.

Developed a stellar classification system which became the universal system known as the Harvard Classification Scheme.

Her research has provided support for the existence of dark matter and the role of dark energy in the formation and expansion of the universe.

Known for her work on mapping the distribution of galaxies in the universe, and discovering the 'Great Wall', a large superstructure of galaxies.

Catalogued over 3,000 variable stars and wrote the Bright Star Catalogue, which is widely used by astronomers today.

Made crucial contributions to the understanding of quasars and their energy sources; involved in work that led to the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.