Professor of Astronomy

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Dutch Astronomer. Born: 04/12/1914

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American astronomer who is best known as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI, mounting the first attempts at detecting extraterrestrial communications in 1961

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astronomer

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American artist best known for his life-size statues including 'Forever Marilyn' a replica of Marilyn Monroe and 'Unconditional Surrender' a replica of the famous Life Magazine photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on VJ Day 1945

Children's Author

American Astronomer and planetary scientist specializing in planetary dynamics. He currently works at the Southwest Research Institute, U.S.A. and studies planetary orbits and their evolution through solar system history

American Astronomer - Has Discovered More Extrasolar Planets Than Anyone Else

American Astronomer and Proffesor of Astrophysics. She was also the head of a team that discovered a mass concentration called 'The Great Attractor'

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An American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation; Secretary of the Smithsonian (1887-1906)

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Lord Rees of Ludlow, British Politician

American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She is famous for uncovering the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. She is now 84 and lives in U.S.A

American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. Author. Host of the popular TV series Cosmos

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geologist astronomer

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American geologist and Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology. He is known for his work in the fields of cosmochemistry, meteoritics and astrophysics

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Sri Lankan born Astronomer and Mathematician. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle and is best known for his work on cosmic dust. He now lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK