Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> [She] proposed in her 1925 doctoral thesis that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. Her groundbreaking conclusion was initially rejected because it contradicted the scientific wisdom of the time, which held that there were no significant elemental differences between the Sun and Earth. I'm reminded of a college lecture one day in a class I took called Physics of Stars. The professor walked up to the whiteboard and wrote: Elemental composition of the universe: Hydrogen and helium…
"She completed her studies, but was not awarded a degree because of her sex; Cambridge did not grant degrees to women until 1948." How much talent has been wasted down the centuries due to nonsense like this?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 270
- Total comments
- 153
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-11 | Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinFirst breakout | DanielRibeiro | 38 | 55 |
| 2020-06-05 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin | areoform | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-11-15 | Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin | sjcsjc | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-01-04 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin [Wikipedia] | wolfi1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-01-16 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin | graderjs | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-10-16 | Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | rmason | 225 | 98 |