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		A woman who discovered the first black hole (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
		6 points by jethronethro 42 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

jamesgill 42 days ago [–]

Wasn’t the first black hole (Cygnus X-1) discovered by several people independently, not one woman? That’s fairly well-known.

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