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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?
A 3d tour of Earth's Moon.
What Have We Left on the Moon?
solar eclipse, sun, moon, astronomy, space
How Do You Tell the Difference Between Total, Annular, Solar, and Lunar Eclipses?
Arrangement of the phases of the moon in total eclipse with Blood Moon
9 Celestial Omens
Solar system illustration. (planets; sun)
Why Are Planets Round?
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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Born March 3, 1838 • New York City • New York
Died April 16, 1914 (aged 76) • Nyack • New York
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1909)
Subjects Of Study Moon • planet • space motion
Ernest William Brown
British mathematician and astronomer
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
Eudoxus of Cnidus
Greek mathematician and astronomer
illustration of Robert Hooke's law of elasticity of materials
Robert Hooke
British scientist
Charles-Eugène Delaunay
French astronomer
Jeremiah Horrocks
British astronomer
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier
French astronomer
Sir George Darwin, portrait by M. Gertler, 1912; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Darwin
British astronomer
Peter Andreas Hansen, detail from a lithograph by Rudolf Hoffmann, 1856
Peter Andreas Hansen
German astronomer
Geoffrey Marcy
American astronomer
Gerard Peter Kuiper
American astronomer
Wallace J. Eckert
American astronomer
Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
American astronomer and mathematician
George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
Understanding Newton's theory of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
German astronomer
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician

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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
All About Astronomy
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz