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The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: / d ə ˈ ɡ r æ s / də-GRASS or UK: / d ə ˈ ɡ r ɑː s / də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University , the University of Texas at Austin , and Columbia University .
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author; Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989) invented the theory of twins, CPT-symmetric universes; Allan Sandage (1936–2010) set the cosmological distance scale and accurately estimated the speed of expansion of the universe
Pages in category "American astrophysicists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 303 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The discovery was voted the top science breakthrough of 1998 by Science magazine [2] and resulted in the 2011 Nobel prize for physics being awarded to the leaders of the two project teams. Filippenko developed and runs the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), a fully robotic telescope which conducts the Lick Observatory Supernova Search ...
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Katie Mack (astrophysicist) – United States (born 1981) Gladys Mackenzie – Scotland (1903–1972) Ray Mackintosh – U.K. Luciano Maiani – Italy, San Marino (born 1941) Theodore Maiman – United States (1927–2007) Arthur Maitland – U.K. (1925–1994) Ettore Majorana – Italy (1906–1938 presumed dead) Sudhansu Datta Majumdar ...