Astronomer

Astronomers recently discovered one of the most massive black holes to date in the cosmic background. This supermassive black hole contains 17 billions times the mass of the Sun, only slightly smaller than the most massive black hole ever found, which is 21 billion solar masses. For comparison, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way totals only 4 solar masses . This newly found black hole lies in the center of the galaxy NGC 1600, which lies 200 million light-years from Earth in the…

his telescope. Also, he found a ribbon of diffuse light arching across the sky which became known as our Milky Way Galaxy. Followed up by this, spectroscopes were made in the 19th century, allowing astronomers to gather information about celestial objects and chemicals. As technology advanced, astronomers discovered more and more about outer…

Since the earliest days of astronomy, since the time of Galileo, astronomers have shared a single goal. To see more, see farther, see deeper.The Hubble Space Telescope's launch in 1990 sped humanity to one of its greatest advances in that journey. Hubble is a telescope that orbits Earth. Its position above the atmosphere, which distorts and blocks the light that reaches our planet, gives it a view of the universe that typically far surpasses that of ground-based telescopes.Hubble is one of…

Universe through observing objects like stars, galaxies and other bodies which exist outside Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomers make observations of these celestial phenomena by collecting electromagnetic radiation. Optical telescopes e.g. the Hubble Space Telescope collect light whereas radio telescopes like the Parkes Observatory serve the purpose in gathering radio waves. Radio astronomers speciality study space by observing and studying radio waves in detail. Radio waves are a type of…

Telescope That Can See The Universe The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most famous telescopes ever used. It is a large telescope in space weighing aroubd 24,500 lbs. NASA launched Hubble in 1990, it was "named after Edwin P. Hubble, He was an astronomer" (Rosario). Hubble is a traveling telescope it traves around the Earth taking pictures of planets, stars, and galaxies. "It has seen stars being born and stars die, and it has seen galaxies that are trillions of miles away" (Dunbar).…

Recording the observation they were making and it's also believe they recorded the first time Halley's Comet passed thru earth in the year 164bc. Fast-forward to the year 1571 to be more exact, Johannes Kepler, was born. This figure was a mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. He is best known for his work on “ laws of planetary motion”. Laws of planetary motion state the following, “ the path of each planet around the sun, while almost circular, is actually an ellipse, with the sun at one…

When Huggins was born in Cornhill, England on February 7, 1824. A bit later in life, Huggins married Margaret Lindsey who also had an affinity for astronomy. She persuaded her husband to continue his work and together they became a dynamic duo of astronomers. Somewhere towards the middle of his life, William Huggins built an observatory on top of the roof of his own house. At this time, he lived in Tulse Hill, England. The reason for which he chose to build the observatory at Tulse Hill was…

Since they are so many interesting things to see and learn about the universe, astronomers actually go into become specialists in their field work. They mainly focus on star-forming, galaxies, planet , they even try to search for life on other planets. Now the history of astronomy goes way back to the Babylonians (1600 B.C.). They…

Universe through observing objects like stars, galaxies and other bodies which exist outside Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomers make observations of these celestial phenomena by collecting electromagnetic radiation. Optical telescopes e.g. the Hubble Space Telescope collect light whereas radio telescopes like the Parkes Observatory serve the purpose in gathering radio waves. Radio astronomers speciality study space by observing and studying radio waves in detail. Radio waves are a type of…

astrology will look at the distance between the objects, and try to find its meaning. Another example is in the way they both rely on the calendar. Astronomers believe there are thirteen constellations across the ecliptic, while astrologers believe in twelve zodiac signs based on the Gregorian calendar (History of Astronomy, NASA). Without the calendar, astronomers wouldn’t have been able to determine the movement of the thirteen constellations across the ecliptic, and astrologers wouldn’t be…