Historical Astronomers

Current Astronomers

Profiles of Historical Astronomers

Brahe, Tycho (1546 - 1601)
Website with detailed information about the noted Astronomer Tycho Brahe

Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910 - 1995)
Profile of the Indian-American astrophysicist for whom the Chandra X-Ray Observatory is named.

Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei

Newton, Isaac (1634 - 1727)
Newton was an English physicist and mathematician and the greatest scientist of his era

Sagan, Carl (1934 - 1996)
Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University

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Homepages of Current Astronomers

Alexei V. Filippenko
Astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley Astronomy Department

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