American physicist born November 7, 1915; group leader at Project Manhattan (Trinity); transported the plutonium core of Trinity to test site in an old Plymouth car
American solar astrophysicist, born 1927. Developed theory of solar wind in the 1950s. First living person to have NASA name a spacecraft after them, the Parker Solar Probe to the sun, launched in 2018
American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. Author. Host of the popular TV series Cosmos
American geologist and Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology. He is known for his work in the fields of cosmochemistry, meteoritics and astrophysics