Sentences with phrase «efforts by astronomers»
The theory, for example, that the dinosaur die - off was caused by Earth's collision with an asteroid or comet owes much to multidisciplinary efforts by astronomers, geologists, paleontologists, and chemists.
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While Mars has long been the darling of NASA's robotic exploration efforts, in December astronomers revealed the first evidence that Europa is venting plumes of vapour into space — probably fed by the seemingly life - friendly ocean we think is present under the ice.
Through these efforts, astronomers are attempting to understand recently discovered phenomena such as the first detections of gravitational waves from neutron star collisions and the accompanying electromagnetic fireworks as well as regular stars being engulfed by supermassive black holes.
In an effort to understand how black holes shape the evolution of galaxies, astronomers spent eight months creating a series of time - lapse movies from 400 observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomers» development and use of the Hertzsprung - Russell diagrams is a good example of one of the approaches used by scientists in their efforts to discover the underlying order and principles of the natural world.
The film's most affecting and honest moment occurs when The Boy's former professor (Peter Jacobson) quashes his dreams of becoming an astronomer by pointing out he never put in the necessary effort.