German astronomer Johannes Kepler was a supporter of the Copernican model of the universe. Find out more about his life and work.
Sir Edmond Halley did more than calculate the return of the comet named after him. Learn more about his work with the motion of stars, and his study of Mercury and Venus.
A short biography of the first woman to discover a comet.
A biography of a man who expanded our view of the universe.
The first to mathematically predict an unknown planet, his calculations were ignored and someone else discovered Neptune.
The radio astronomer who discovered what turned out to be neutron stars, also called pulsars.
The man whose name means "shining" in Sanskrit figured out exactly what makes stars shine.
The French astronomer whose mathematical predictions led to the discovery of Neptune.
The discoverer of Pluto started out as an amateur who built his own telescopes.
Tells about the science who sought to make the universe clearer to the ordinary person.
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