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The discovery of the Big Ring was announced on 10 January 2024 by PhD student Alexia Lopez from the University of Central Lancashire. [6] It resulted from her ongoing research into large-scale structures of the universe using MgII (singly ionized magnesium) absorbers detected [7] in quasar spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
The Giant Arc is a large-scale structure discovered in June 2021 that spans 3.3 billion light years. [1] The structure of galaxies exceeds the 1.2 billion light year threshold, challenging the cosmological principle that at large enough scales the universe is considered to be the same in every place (homogeneous) and in every direction ().
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.
Martha P. Haynes (born 1951), American astronomer specialized in radio astronomy and extragalactic astronomy; Martha Locke Hazen (1931-2006), American astronomer; E. Ruth Hedeman (1910–2006), American solar astronomer; Mary Lea Heger (1897–1983), American astronomer who studied the interstellar medium; Charlene Heisler (1961-1999), Canadian ...
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). [1]
Laura A. Lopez is an associate professor of astronomy at Ohio State University studying the life cycle of stars. She was awarded the Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy in 2016, which is awarded by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) for outstanding research and promise for future research by a postdoctoral woman researcher.
Astronomy portal; Biography portal ... Scientists: Astronomers also: Science: Astronomy: Astronomers: By nationality Subcategories. This category has the following 83 ...
Danish astronomer 1580 No/unknown value Q4940367: 1 Maddalena Manfredi: poet and translator 1673 1744-03-11 Q4965332: 1 Teresa Manfredi: researcher 1679 1767-10-08 Q77248506: 0 J. E. A. Brown: British writer, poet and astronomer (1832–1907) 1832-04-16 1907-02-19 Q121797277: 0 Mabel Nevill: South African astronomer (1865–1958) 1865 1958 ...