But Sagan was no slouch scientifically. He predicted that Venus’ temperature should be above the melting point of lead due to a runaway greenhouse effect. He also imagined that Jupiter’s moon Europa might have an underground ocean.
Not quite astronomers
Many of you might be thinking, “OK, Einstein — where’s Einstein?” Although his discoveries revolutionized astronomy, Albert Einstein was a physicist, the most famous of all. Here’s a list of 10 physicists who had a tremendous influence on astronomy, this time in alphabetical order.
Niels Bohr
Oct. 7, 1885 – Nov. 18, 1962
Christian Doppler
Nov. 29, 1803 – March 17, 1853
Albert Einstein
March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
Carl Friedrich Gauss
April 30, 1777 – Feb. 23, 1855
Stephen Hawking
Jan. 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018
James Clerk Maxwell
June 13, 1831 – Nov. 5, 1879
Isaac Newton
Jan. 4, 1643 – March 31, 1727
Erwin Schrödinger
Aug. 12, 1887 – Jan. 4, 1961
Kip Stephen Thorne
b. June 1, 1940
John Archibald Wheeler
July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008
Meet 20 great astronomers who made the history books
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