Sentences with phrase «reason most astronomers»

Not exact matches

Most SETI projects tune in to the 1.42 to 1.72 - gigahertz range, reasoning that alien astronomers might expect earthly scientists to be looking there anyway as this is the frequency of radiation emitted by interstellar hydrogen and hydroxyl clouds.

There wasn't any good reason to believe in the reality of other universes — at least not until near the beginning of the new millennium, when astronomers made one of the most remarkable discoveries in the history of science.

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.»