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• Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Astronomy and Space  (328)

• Adams, John Couch [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - The first to mathematically predict an unknown planet, his calculations were ignored and someone else discovered Neptune.
• Bell Burnel, Jocelyn [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - The radio astronomer who discovered what turned out to be neutron stars, also called pulsars.
• Brahe, Tycho - Danish astronomer who did the most accurate measurements of the sky ever made without a telescope.
• Brahe, Tycho [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Discover more about this Danish father of modern Astronomy who made precise, comprehensive astronomical measurements. His data was superior to all other measurements made until the invention of the telescope.
• Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - The man whose name means "shining" in Sanskrit figured out exactly what makes stars shine.
• Galilei, Galileo [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - A multimedia biography of the famous astronomer Galileo. Learn more about his many contributions to science.
• Halley, Edmond [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Sir Edmond Halley did more than calculate the return of the comet named after him. Learn more about his work with the motion of stars, and his study of Mercury and Venus.
• Herschel, Caroline [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - A short biography of the first woman to discover a comet.
• Hubble, Edwin [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A biography of a man who expanded our view of the universe.
• Kepler, Johannes [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - The son of a mercenary soldier and an innkeeper's daughter who later became a brilliant and prolific mathematician and astronomer, and creator of the Three Laws of Planetary Motion.
• Kepler, Johannes [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - German astronomer Johannes Kepler was a supporter of the Copernican model of the universe. Find out more about his life and work.
• Le Verrier, Urbain [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - The French astronomer whose mathematical predictions led to the discovery of Neptune.
• Ptolemy [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - An astronomer, mathematician and geographer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little more of his life. He classified the Greek geocentric view of the universe, and calculated the apparent motions of the planets.
• Tombaugh, Clyde [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - The discoverer of Pluto started out as an amateur who built his own telescopes.