Whitney ta mayar da hankali kan koyarwarta da bincike kan batutuwan da suka shafi taurari biyu,taurari masu canzawa,asteroids,tauraro mai wutsiya, da ma'auni ta faranti na hoto.A karkashin jagorancinta,an buga labarai 102 a Cibiyar Kula da Kwalejin Vassar.A cikin 1889,mahaifiyar Whitney da 'yar'uwarta duka biyu sun yi rashin lafiya kuma Whitney ta motsa su zuwa Observatory inda za ta iya kula da su kuma ta ci gaba da aikinta na ɗan lokaci.Sa’ad da suka mutu bayan shekara biyu,ta koma aikin cikakken lokaci.

Mary Watson Whitney
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Waltham (en) Fassara, 11 Satumba 1847
ƙasa Tarayyar Amurka
Mazauni Vassar College Observatory (en) Fassara
Mutuwa Waltham (en) Fassara, 20 ga Janairu, 1921
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Harvard
Vassar College (en) Fassara 1872) Master of Science (en) Fassara
University of Zurich (en) Fassara
(1873 - 1876)
Harsuna Turanci
Ɗalibai
Sana'a
Sana'a Ilimin Taurari da university teacher (en) Fassara
Employers Vassar College (en) Fassara
Wanda ya ja hankalinsa Maria Mitchell asalin