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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 .
On March 6, 2008, the United States Postal Service released a 41-cent stamp honoring Hubble on a sheet titled "American Scientists" designed by artist Victor Stabin. [46] His citation reads: [ 61 ] Often called a "pioneer of the distant stars", astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) played a pivotal role in deciphering the vast and complex ...
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
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; Robert Woodrow Wilson – United States (born 1936) John R. Winckler – United States (1918–2001)
Pages in category "20th-century American astronomers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 338 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (/ ˈ l ɛ v ɪ t /; July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921 [2]) was an American astronomer. [1] Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies led to a shift in the scale and understanding of the scale and the nature of the universe. [3]