Sitav wrote:
who are the "famous" astronomers of the 21st century. i havent heard
of many well known astronomers or astrophysicists.........yet.

Edwin Hubble, the guy the space telescope is named after.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble

Carl Sagan has done more than any other individual scientist in history
to make science and especially astronomy accessible and interesting to
the general public.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan


Shawn