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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin at Harvard College Observatory, 1920s. Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars

Patricia Fara | Published in History Today Volume 74 Issue 5 May 2024

What are stars made of?

A Portuguese merchant is greeted by his Indian household, early 16th century.

Portugal: The First Global Empire

Roger Crowley | Published in History Today Volume 65 Issue 10 October 2015

Poor and small, Portugal was at the edge of late medieval Europe. But its seafarers created the age of ‘globalisation’, which continues to this day.

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