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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.
20th-century American astronomers (1 C, 373 P) 21st-century American astronomers (235 P) + American women astronomers (294 P) A. American astrophysicists (2 C, 285 P) B.
Pages in category "American astrophysicists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 302 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, into a Catholic family living in the Bronx. [4] [5] His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist and human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and the first director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.
NASA astronomers and astrophysicists. Pages in category "NASA astrophysicists" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Michio Kaku (Japanese: カク ミチオ, 加來 道雄, / ˈ m iː tʃ i oʊ ˈ k ɑː k uː /; born January 24, 1947) is an American physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular-science. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist and astronomer Kenneth Geddes Wilson – United States (1936–2013) Nobel laureate Robert R. Wilson – United States (1914–2000) Nobel laureate