Adams, John Couch
The first to mathematically predict an unknown planet, his calculations were ignored and someone else discovered Neptune.
Bell Burnel, Jocelyn
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.
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan
The man whose name means "shining" in Sanskrit figured out exactly what makes stars shine.
Herschel, Caroline
A short biography of the first woman to discover a comet.
Le Verrier, Urbain
The French astronomer whose mathematical predictions led to the discovery of Neptune.
StarChild: Dr. Carl Sagan
Tells about the science who sought to make the universe clearer to the ordinary person.
StarChild: Dr. Stephen Hawking
Tells about the physicist known for his study of black holes.
Tombaugh, Clyde
The discoverer of Pluto started out as an amateur who built his own telescopes.