From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 19:28:49 -0500 (EST), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
      
   > Later on the idea that the heavens were made of ordinary materials   
   > and follow the same physical laws as here on earth turned out to be   
   > a huge winner for Newton.   
      
   Some took this idea a little too far. If you do a naïve analysis of   
   spectral data from stars, it is too easy to conclude that they are   
   made of the same sorts of elements as planets, in similar proportions.   
      
   It took Cecilia Payne to realize that those spectra are biased towards   
   the outer layers (photosphere), that in bulk, stars are mostly hydrogen   
   and helium.   
      
   This breakthrough only happened about a hundred years ago.   
      
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