Word: huchra
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...astronomers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics--Professor of Astronomy Margaret Geller and Professor of Astronomy John Huchra--recently announced their discovery of a "Great Wall" of galaxies numbering about...
...There's always a friction" between faculty, Huchra said, deriving from the perceived "second-class" citizenship of the Smithsonian staff. Other tensions appear when the center attempts to set long-range goals. Professor of Astronomy Margaret J. Geller says that Harvard has been "dragging its feet" on a proposed $20 million telescope to be built in the Southern Hemisphere. The University apparently prefers to rely for now on the Smithsonian facilities...
...Huchra says he expects at least the faculty situation "will change soon," as the Smithsonian boosts salaries...
...gotten smaller and the Smithsonian has gotten bigger" since the merging of the two, said Huchra. "If [the Smithsonian] weren't here, there'd only be about eight people...
National attention may be focused on astrophysics later this year, Professor of Astronomy John P. Huchra says, after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launches its Space Telescope (ST) this December...