Blog Post 9: Sisters of the Sun

Blog Post 9:

In this episode, Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses stars in more detail, he goes over the composition of the stars and what will eventually happen to them. Tyson emphasizes how stars were used by our ancestors and when we mapped out the consolations. Tyson then discusses the lifecycle of stars and discusses what happens to stars once they die. Tyson ends the episode by discussing how we are similar to the stars and that the stars help drive us here on earth.

I liked this episode because Neil DeGrasse Tyson provides a great summary of stars and how they live and die. I also liked the when NDT discusses the Harvard Observatory under Pickering which had several women scientists who worked to process astronomical data. It is important to highlight women’s accomplishments and I believe that this is one of the most important accomplishments of women in Astronomy that I know of. I also really liked the end when NDT discusses the fate of our Sun.