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DIED. Donald Osterbrock, 82, courtly astrophysicist and longtime director of the University of California's Lick Observatory who mapped out the shapes of stars and galaxies; in Santa Cruz, Calif. A winner of such honors as the British Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal--almost never bestowed on an American--he determined that the Milky Way is shaped like a spiral and unearthed the processes that explain how the sun keeps its shape and size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 29, 2007 | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

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