Sentences with phrase «most astronomers assumed»
Most astronomers assume that the gas is heated by the magnetic field that pervades the corona.
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Astronomers have traditionally assumed that most of the black holes powering the first quasars formed this way, too.
This boatload had gone unnoticed because astronomers previously assumed luminous traces of the galaxies in Coma indicated small, insignificant bodies, and not just the most visible central regions of otherwise very dim objects — the tips of galactic icebergs, as it were.
I am amazed that astronomer Geoff Marcy assumes the most technologically advanced method of interstellar communication available to extraterrestrial beings...
For practical reasons this was extremely fortuitous, as most astronomers had assumed the black hole would be too big to get a good look at, he explains, «like putting your face right next to the wall and trying to describe it.»
Astronomers assume that most stars have similar fractions of hydrogen and helium, so stellar composition is typically defined only by the quantity of metals.