Sentences with phrase «community of astronomers»
«The one - year proprietary period effectively means this hidden, unavailable data can not be seen in time for follow - up by the community of astronomers until more than three years into [Webb's] mission.»
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And so the Riverside conference headlines the assurance of celebrity astronomer Carl Sagan, who says that «scientists and the religious community must work together to preserve the environment of the Earth.
Skeptical of the financial feasibility of HDST, some astronomers suggest a smaller, Webb - size broadband telescope or even a series of Hubble - size telescopes would better serve the community.
«My fear now is that the community will be so frightened of cost that they won't recommend any large telescope in the next decadal,» says one senior astronomer, who asked not to be named due to the politically sensitive nature of the situation.
This makes this roadmap a transdisciplinary document of relevance for many communities, from astronomers to planetary scientists and from atmospheric physicists to life scientists.
«If you polled my community about what we'd wish for our ideal observatory, it wouldn't be Webb — it would be something else,» says Sasha Hinkley, an astronomer at the University of Exeter in England leading an ERS program to directly image giant planets.
More than a star map, Sky is an interface that astronomers, educators and students can use to contribute their own findings to a community of like - minded users, says Carol Christian, an astronomer with STScI, which serves as the science operations center for the orbiting Hubble telescope.
Never mind a delay of weeks or months — pity poor Thomas Hales, an American mathematician who has been waiting for five years to hear whether the mathematical community has accepted his 1998 proof of astronomer Johannes Kepler's 390 - year - old conjecture that the most efficient way to pack equal - size spheres (such as cannonballs on a ship, which is how the question arose) is to stack them in the familiar pyramid fashion that greengrocers use to stack oranges on a counter.
Clara Moskowitz: Still a big deal for the astronomy community; they like to call it the Super Bowl of Astronomy, you know, thousands of astronomers gather for this annual meeting.
Use of these telescopes was generally restricted to the community they served, even excluding other astronomers within the same nation.
The JRAF is a community of the Japanese radio astronomers, which was established in 1970 with the aim of realizing the first large - scale radio telescope.
The Science Center is also used for monthly star parties, an annual 4 - day Star Quest gathering of amateur astronomers, the annual meeting of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers, community days,astronomers, the annual meeting of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers, community days,Astronomers, community days, and so on.
[17] A survey conducted by amateur astronomers discovered that 54 % of consumers would still want to «name a star» with a non-scientific star - naming company even though they have been warned or informed such naming is not recognized by the astronomical community.
Would you like to spend a week in the Italian Alps doing astronomy activities with other friends of your age and become part of a vibrant international community of alumni and astronomers?
NSO has developed world - leading research capabilities that solidly support both the U.S. and international community of solar astronomers.
However, the global astronomy community Astronomers Without Borders, which was responsible for the coordination, continues some of the work.
Q: Some of the characters in Private Life are based in part on members of your own family — your main character Margaret Mayfield on your great aunt, Frances See and Andrew Early on her infamous scientist husband Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, a naval astronomer whose increasingly implausible theories made him an outcast in the scientific community.
In 2005, Russian astronomer Khabibullo Abdusamatov made some waves — and not a few enemies in the global warming «community» — by predicting that the sun would reach a peak of activity about three years from now, to be accompanied by «dramatic changes» in temperatures.