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Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Virginia Trimble, Memory Keeper of Modern Astronomy
Virginia Trimble collected "shiny things" in astronomy — and her curated collections fascinated astronomers around the world.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Palomar's First Woman Director Leads Historic Observatory to New Era in Transient Astronomy
Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Music and Science Unite in the Work of Cosmologist Stephon Alexander
A fight against conventionality has driven cosmologist Stephon Alexander on a groundbreaking journey through theoretical physics.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Donna Elbert and the Table on Page 208
Working 30 years for the legendary astrophysicist, the self-taught mathematician calculated a key value necessary for a planet to sustain a global magnetic field, and thus life — a breakthrough overlooked for half a century.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The Woman Who Unraveled the Stars
The groundbreaking research of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin revolutionized our understanding of stellar composition. Yet her legacy was almost forgotten.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Beverly Turner Lynds, 1929–2024
Beverly Lynds, a pioneer for women in astronomy and astrophysics, advanced the study of dust-and-gas clouds in the Milky Way.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Helen Sawyer Hogg: Giving the Stars to Everyone
Helen Sawyer Hogg stood at the front of a small but growing force of woman astronomers in the first half of the 20th century. This is her story.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Wartime Skygazing: An Amateur Astronomer in Ukraine
Plakha Alexander — amateur astronomer, owner of Astro-Gadget.net, and Ukrainian — shares his experiences since Russia's invasion began.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Tim Russ: Actor, Director, and Amateur Astronomer
Tim Russ is best known for his role as Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, but his affinity for space goes further than that — he's an amateur astronomer, too.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn: Meteorologist, Pilot, Astrophotographer
Meteorologist and pilot by day, astrophotographer by night: Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn shares her pursuit and passion for the hobby.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Remembering Carolyn Shoemaker (1929–2021)
Shoemaker discovered more than 800 asteroids and 32 comets, including one of the most famous comets of the 20th century.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
George Carruthers: Telescope Maker and Lunar Pioneer
Astronomer and engineer George Carruthers (1939–2020) designed and built the first observatory on another world.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Giorgia Hofer, Nightscape Astrophotographer
An Italian accountant, captivated by the sky since childhood, learned astrophotography to bring the heavens home with her.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Dara Norman, Astronomer and Astronomy-Enabler
After delving into the connection between quasars and gravitational lensing, Dara Norman pivoted to paving the way for astronomers to do the work they love.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Gibor Basri: Brown Dwarf Pioneer
The astronomer’s stellar studies led to the first confirmed discovery of a “failed star” and played a critical role in getting the Kepler Space Telescope off the ground.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Benjamin Banneker: Self-taught Astronomer
The story of astronomer and polymath Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) is one of dignity and ingenuity against the backdrop of slavery and racism.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Celebrating Astronomer Margaret Burbidge, 1919–2020
The astronomer who taught us we are all made of stardust has passed away after celebrating her 100th birthday on August 12, 2019.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Jocelyn Bell Burnell: Pulsar Pioneer
In 1967, astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943–) discovered the first pulsars — cosmic lighthouses that now enable astrophysicists to probe extreme physics and test general relativity.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Stephen Hawking, 1942–2018
Stephen Hawking, renowned physicist, famed science communicator, and all-around inspiration, has passed away at the age of 76.
Famous and Noteworthy Astronomers
Annie Jump Cannon: Star Classifier
Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) classified hundreds of thousands of stars and created the system we use to understand stars today.
