Subcategories - Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
- Full Crew Leaves Russian Space Station Mir
- Gagarin Becomes the First Human to Orbit Earth
- Galileo
- Galileo Confirms Heliocentric Model of the Solar System
- Galileo Makes Closest Pass to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
- Galileo Publishes Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World
- Galileo Spacecraft Reaches Jupiter
- Gamow and Associates Develop the Big Bang Theory
- Georges Lemaître
- The Germans Use the V-1 Flying Bomb and the V-2 Goes into Production
- Giacconi and Associates Discover the First Known X-Ray Source Outside the Solar System
- Giordano Bruno
- Glenn Is the First American to Orbit Earth
- Goddard Launches the First Liquid Fuel Propelled Rocket
- Greek Philosophers Formulate Theories of the Cosmos
- Hale Constructs the Largest Telescope of the Time
- Hale Discovers Strong Magnetic Fields in Sunspots
- Hale Establishes Mount Wilson Observatory
- Hale Oversees the Installation of the Hooker Telescope on Mount Wilson
- Hale-Bopp Comet’s Appearance Prompts Scientific and Spiritual Responses
- Harold C. Urey
- Hartmann Discovers the First Evidence of Interstellar Matter
- Heraclitus of Ephesus
- Hermann Oberth
- Hertzsprung Describes Giant and Dwarf Stellar Divisions
- Hertzsprung Notes the Relationship Between Color and Luminosity of Stars
- Hertzsprung Uses Cepheid Variables to Calculate the Distances to Stars
- Hess Discovers Cosmic Rays Through High-Altitude Ionizations
- Hipparchus
- Hubble Confirms the Expanding Universe
- Hubble Demonstrates That Other Galaxies Are Independent Systems
- Hubble Determines the Distance to the Andromeda Nebula
- Hubble Space Telescope Transmits Images to Earth
- Hypatia
- International Space Station Welcomes First Crew
- Jan Hendrik Oort
- Jansky’s Experiments Lead to the Founding of Radio Astronomy
- The Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Is Completed
- Johannes de Muris
- Johannes Kepler
- Kapteyn Discovers Two Star Streams in the Galaxy
- Karl Schwarzschild
- Kennelly and Heaviside Propose the Existence of the Ionosphere
- Kibble Proposes the Theory of Cosmic Strings
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
- Kuiper Discovers That Titan Has an Atmosphere
- Launching of the First Liquid-Fueled Rocket
- Leavitt’s Study of Variable Stars Unlocks Galactic Distances
- Lemaître Proposes the Big Bang Theory
