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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.
Marc Davis (1947–) was lead astronomer of a survey of 50,000 high-redshift galaxies; Avishai Dekel (1951–) studied galaxy formation and large scale structure of the cosmos in dark matter-dark energy dominated universes
This is a list of lists of space scientists. List of cosmologists; List of aerospace engineers; Astronomer Royal; List of women astronomers; List of astronomers; List of French astronomers; List of minor planet discoverers; List of Russian astronomers and astrophysicists; List of Russian aerospace engineers
Pages in category "American astronomers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 437 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mayan astronomers discover an 18.7-year cycle in the rising and setting of the Moon.From this they created the first almanacs – tables of the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets for the use in astrology.
Now, an international team of scientists have analyzed the first faintest galaxies (which existed in the universe’s first billion or so years) and identified certain dwarf galaxies that are ...
Pages in category "21st-century astronomers" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly 3,300 times the ...