Sandip Chakrabarti An astrophysicist who was made famous for developing a computer model to show how life on Earth could have originated in outer space. His research is focused on the the hydrodynamic and radiative properties of astrophysical flows around black holes. Early life He performed experiments in his own homemade laboratory as a […]
Simon White British astrophysicist who has served as one of the four directors of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. Early life He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Jesus College, Cambridge at the University of Cambridge in 1972 and a M.Sc. in Astronomy from the University of Toronto in 1974. Trivia He has won multiple […]
Brian Schmidt Astrophysicist who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for providing evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. He won the Australian Academy of Science’s Pawsey Medal Medal ten years before. Early life He earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1993. Trivia He is a Distinguished […]
Jaan Einasto Estonian astrophysicist who made great contributions to his field in the 20th century. He has been awarded three Estonian National Science Awards and is a member of the European Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. Early life He was educated at the University of Tartu. Trivia He discovered an asteroid in […]
George Smoot Astrophysicist who received a the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the cosmic background explorer. His work gave further evidence towards the Bing Bang Theory. Early life He studied mathematics and physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Trivia He was the winner of the last episode of […]
William Fowler Astrophysicist who was the first to come up with the theory of element generation in stars. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 for his revolutionary contributions to the field. Early life He studied science at Ohio State University and earned his doctorate at the California Institute of Technology. Trivia […]
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Irish astrophysicist who discovered the first radio pulsars and was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 until 2004. Early life She went to Lurgan College and was one of the first females allowed to study science there. She later graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of […]
Alexei Filippenko Astrophysicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2011 for his discovery of the accelerating universe. He has served as a Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and has been featured prominently on shows like The Universe on The History Channel. Early life He was born in Oakland […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist who has attempted to bring science to the mainstream with shows like NOVA ScienceNow, an educational science program he hosted on PBS from 2006 to 2011. He played a major role in dismissing Pluto’s classification as a planet. He hosted the 2014 science documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and […]