Sentences with phrase «place for an astronomer»

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

Chile is one of the most favorite places for astronomers.

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A while back, I wrote a column for Discover analyzing your place in space: astronomers» best look yet at where you fit into the big, crazy, cosmic scheme of things.

If astronomers spotted such a planet orbiting another star, they would conclude it was an ideal place to search for life.

For an astronomer in the 1920s, Pasadena was the place to be.

The broad - shouldered summit of Mauna Kea holds many meanings for many people: For astronomers, it's a high - altitude playground of stars, among the best places on Earth to explore the firmament with minimal atmospheric distortifor many people: For astronomers, it's a high - altitude playground of stars, among the best places on Earth to explore the firmament with minimal atmospheric distortiFor astronomers, it's a high - altitude playground of stars, among the best places on Earth to explore the firmament with minimal atmospheric distortion.

For many years, astronomers had a simple view of our Milky Way's central hub, or bulge, as a quiescent place composed of old stars, the earliest homesteaders of our galaxy.

And astronomer Zoltan Balog of the Steward Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, says he thinks the research «basically means that protoplanetary disks might be able to produce prebiotic molecules and ultimately the basic building blocks for life at the place where an Earth would form.»

Branded Dark Sky Parks (DSPs) by the International Dark - Sky Association, these «optically clean» places are a blessing for astronomers, both amateur and professional.

Yesterday, as dozens of journalists, scientists, and government officials crammed into a press conference in Washington, D.C., to hear the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory's (LIGO's) official announcement of the discovery of gravitational waves, organizers reserved a place in the front row of the audience for astronomer Virginia Trimble.

For many years, astronomers have been searching for accretion disks in the earliest phase of star formation, in order to determine their structure, how they are formed, and how the accretion process takes plaFor many years, astronomers have been searching for accretion disks in the earliest phase of star formation, in order to determine their structure, how they are formed, and how the accretion process takes plafor accretion disks in the earliest phase of star formation, in order to determine their structure, how they are formed, and how the accretion process takes place.

Although astronomers publish articles referring to the RCW nebulae almost every month, there seems to be few places on the Internet that bring together information on these nebulae as a whole - unlike, for example, the Messier catalog.

The discovery, reported Wednesday in the journal Nature, puts the planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST - 1 at the top of astronomers» list of places to look for life beyond the solar system.

Astronomers first spotted the explosion, which took place in a galaxy 2.4 billion light - years away, in 2010 and were able to study it for about three years, and they've published the results of that study in a new paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

It's likely all these formation effects take place to some extent, but ferreting out just how much is now the big challenge for astronomers.

Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think they are seeing compelling evidence for a planet under construction in an unlikely place, at a great distance from its diminutive red dwarf star.

A barrier - breaking mission for engineers and astronomers, Webb will solve mysteries of our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it.

EAO would like to thank the people of Hawaii for allowing our astronomers to work on top of one of the most beautiful places on earth.

For many years, astronomers had a simple view of our Milky Way's bulge as a quiescent place composed of old stars, the earliest homesteaders of our galaxy.

The astronomers encouraged further observations of the location, but unfortunately it took place too close to the Sun for an immediate follow - up.

Fifth place The Prize: A video - conference with Kamen Todorov, yuong astronomer who studies extrasolar planets, from Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds (CEHW), PennState.

Planet - hunting astronomers have been seeking habitable - zone planets because they're the best places to look for life.

Astronomers had previously believed that these regions lacked the materials necessary for star formation to take place.

The 17th century astronomer's place in society has parallels to today's scientists, a speaker at Saturday's March for Science in Tacoma said.