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| DATE(S) | TOPIC - a short history (CLICK THE TITLE BELOW) | WIKI |
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| 1910-1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: proved that massive stars collapse into black holes | |||
| 1889-1953 | Edwin Hubble: showed that there are MILLIONS of galaxies (also Swan Leavitt & Jump Cannon) | |||
| 1863-1941 | Annie Jump Cannon: pioneer in stellar claddification | |||
| 1857-1911 | Williamina Fleming: pioneer woman astronomer | |||
| 1811-1877 | Urbain Le Verrier - predicted the existence of planet Nepture purely by using maths | |
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| 1702-1848 | Three Groundbreaking Women Astronomers | |||
| 1571-1630 | Johannes Kepler - used Brahe's measurements to accurately describe planetary motion | |
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| 1564-1642 | Galileo Galilei - often called the father of observational astronomy | |
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| 1548-1600 | Giordiano Bruno: burned at the stake for "heretical views" of the Universe - WHICH WERE CORRECT | |||
| 1546-1601 | Tycho Brahe - studied and meticulously recorded the movement of the planets | |
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