Thread: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey : Sisters of the Sun

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Synopsis: Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne, who challenged conventional wisdom about the stars; the lives and deaths of stars.

What happened in a cartoon reenactment after a group of Kaiowa women sneaked away from their campsite to dance under the stars?
Pack of bears chased after them

What did seven maidens do in a cartoon reenactment after they prayed to Zeus to help them escape from Orion?
Transformed into doves

What did Cecilia Payne tell Annie Jump Cannon in a cartoon reenactment that Cannon had unknowingly done by creating her star classification system?
Arranged them by their temperature

What did Henry Norris Russell do in a cartoon reenactment, after he viewed Cecilia Payne's thesis and disagreed with its claims?
Started to write a disparaging letter to her

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson and an elderly woman do, before Tyson said energy from the sun drove the wind, waves, and "life around us"?
Clinked glasses of red wine

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say would happen for 100 billion years after the sun became a white dwarf star?
Dim light would shine from it

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson do while he stood in the Australian outback and looked at the Milky Way?
Pointed out its "dark patches"

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say Alnilam would do after it crossed into the event horizon?
Vanish from sight inside a black hole

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say Annie Jump Cannon did when she was a young woman, after he said she cataloged a quarter of a million stars?
Lost her hearing due to scarlet fever

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say Sir Arthur Eddington was the first scientist to do, after he said Cecilia Payne attended an Eddington lecture in London?
Provide evidence that Einstein's theory of general relativity was correct

In a sponsored segment during this show, who was featured using a tablet while at a production studio, as you were encouraged to watch "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey"?
Visual effects artist whose imagination was limitless, as he used a pen to color correct an image and draw lines on another
Samsung Galaxy Note

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