Sentences with phrase «of modern astronomy»

He has been referred to as the «father of modern astronomy», as the «father of modern physics», and as «father of science».

The effect of worship should be something like absorbing the significance of the findings of modern astronomy.

No important city museum is complete without a display of modern astronomy and space science.

The proclamation states: «The 140 - foot radio telescope -LSB-...] helped lay the cornerstone of modern astronomy, and is internationally recognized for its unprecedented design and contributions to our understanding of the Universe.»

My universe can remain human and earth - centered if I discount the work of modern astronomy, that has uncovered an unimaginably vast cosmos.

While Kepler, Galileo and others were establishing the foundations of modern astronomy in the 17th century, the study of Earth itself remained a medieval science, mired in myth and fantastic imaginings.

It was the year he published Astronomia Nova, the book that established the mathematical principles of modern astronomy.

Its discoveries launched much of modern astronomy.

These spectacular outpourings of gas are among the most extraordinary surprises of modern astronomy.

His epochal text, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), is often conceived as the starting point of modern astronomy, as well as a central and defining epiphany in the history of all science.

Determining the timing of this «cosmic dawn» is one of the holy grails of modern astronomy, and it can be indirectly probed through the study of early interstellar dust.

«Of all the many mysteries of modern astronomy, none is more vexing than the nature of dark matter.

This year astronomy was the focus of the Nobel Prize in Physics, as three astronomers two of whom are faculty members at one of our parent institutions, the California Institute of Technology were recognized for four decades of work leading to one of the great discoveries of modern astronomy, the detection of gravitational waves.

Then, get a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole with Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition.

From the results of many astronomical observational researches of stars and with the advancement of modern astronomy, it has been found that stars shining in the night sky also have various planets around them like our solar system.

COPERNICUS FOUND The father of modern astronomy - the Polish priest, Nicolaus Copernicus - died in obscurity in 1543 at the age of 70.