Sentences with phrase «for astronomers»

This invisible stuff poses a big challenge for astronomers: Since we can't see it, we can't measure it directly.

Massive stars are particularly important for astronomers because of their enormous feedback.

That's good news for astronomers, since none of their models reliably produced galaxies like those they really see without this form of feedback.

This suggests the model is correct, a relief for astronomers who use it to explain many phenomena.

The neutron pair's demise offered an unprecedented opportunity for astronomers to study such an event.

In part because of their immense numbers, such stars are in some respects easier for astronomers to study.

Those day - to - day differences are negligible, though, for astronomers trying to measure the universe's expansion rate.

The discovery showed that gravitational waves offer a new way of observing the universe and are a major tool for astronomers.

This proximity makes it a very important target for astronomers, as it can be studied in far more detail than more distant systems.

The next step for astronomers is to find out if the diamond planet has rings.

It took three years for astronomers to test this theory by measuring, during an eclipse, how the sun shifted light from a star.

By producing a photographic negative on glass rather than on paper, the resulting images were much sharper and could be made much larger, hence the great interest for astronomers.

If it had, the planet would have been destroyed long ago leaving no signs for astronomers today.

This has made it tough for astronomers to observe a gamma - ray burst in detail.

Such exquisite measurements are presently only possible at all because the planet's host star is very bright and thus offers more photons for astronomers to work with.

Its presence has been an intriguing mystery for astronomers since it is losing material to its central star at a rate that should have depleted it long ago.

The atmosphere is great for people — it allows us to survive — but it's a real headache for astronomers.

Certainly, the job description for an astronomer was much different 2,000 years ago.

Fortunately for astronomers, their usual methods pass the test.

The shock breakout itself lasts only about 20 minutes, so catching the flash of energy is an investigative milestone for astronomers.

Black holes have always been a favorite subject for astronomers.

Additional experience and training in a postdoctoral research appointment, although not required, is important for astronomers aspiring to permanent positions in basic research in universities and government laboratories.

Because most jobs are in basic research and development, a doctoral degree is the usual educational requirement for astronomers.

This is a good thing for astronomers everywhere, right?

Typically, stars are characterized by how much iron they contain, because iron is a relatively common element and is almost always the easiest for astronomers to detect.

The next step for astronomers is to figure out why the gas is so thin.

Then, I think it will be more important for us astronomers and molecular biologists to work together.

The European Southern Observatory provides telescope facilities in Chile for astronomers in its 10 member countries.

The results, which were reproduced in March by a separate European team, raise serious questions for astronomers as well as physicists.

The massive quasar cluster at first posed a problem for astronomers because according to the cosmological principle, a concept based on the work of Albert Einstein, the largest object possible in the universe should measure about 1.2 billion light - years across.

These discoveries represent strong evidence that faint brown dwarfs which have had billions of years to cool, although hard for astronomers to detect, may represent a significant population of the universe.

This is great news for astronomers hoping to detect the gravity waves that ought to be produced by these titanic events.

After all, the prime mission of the Hubble Space Telescope when it was launched in 1990 was to help determine that expansion rate (known, not coincidentally, as the Hubble constant, named for the astronomer Edwin Hubble).

Discovery of Icarus through gravitational lensing has initiated a new way for astronomers to study individual stars in distant galaxies

Produced by stars, the dust causes light to look redder than it really is when observed visually, which can make it difficult for astronomers studying properties of stars.

At 21 light - years away, the planet is the closest outside of our solar system that can be seen crossing, or transiting, its star — a bonus for astronomers because transiting planets make ideal specimens for detailed studies of their atmospheres.

Most individual wave events are too faint by the time they reach Earth for astronomers to make them out from background gravitational - wave noise.

This provides an independent test for astronomers» usual methods of estimating distant galaxy masses — which rely on extrapolation from their nearby cousins.

Provision of advice, guidance and information for astronomers in all countries in the region about IAU programs.

The age of blackholes is upon us, for astronomers now know how to recognise the clues which give away the presence of a black hole.

The Hubble Space Telescope was named for astronomer Edwin Hubble.

It was the last chance for any astronomer alive to see Venus pass across the face of the sun — and it can tell us about planets much, much further away

It's the last chance for any astronomer alive to see Venus pass across the face of the sun — and now it can tell us about planets much, much further away

My work on Io led me to Caltech, which is a fantastic place for an astronomer.

It took subsequent observations of the faint host galaxy with the VLT in Chile for astronomers to determine the distance and energy of the explosions.

If the object really is a gas cloud, the fireworks (at x-ray and infrared wavelengths) should reveal the extreme conditions that prevail around the galaxy's biggest black hole — useful information not only for astronomers studying supermassive black holes in other galaxies but also for starship captains the next time they voyage to the Milky Way's hub.

To foster and recognize excellence in astronomy and provide opportunities for astronomers from historically underrepresented groups, the AAS awards grants to enable astronomers to travel to attend meetings and or conduct research.