On 27 Jan 2007 15:28:16 -0800, "Sitav" wrote:

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

We're not too far into the 21st Century, so in terms of major work done
in the last five years, that would be hard to say. But there are many
famous astronomers who have produced great work in the last 25 year or
so, and remain active today:

Alan Guth
Stephen Hawking
Kip Thorne
Jocelyn Bell
Roger Penrose

Of course, most of these will probably be remembered in the long run as
20th Century scientists. The most famous 21st Century astronomers are
probably still in grade school.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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