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History and Developments in Astronomy

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Emma Stoye
Unknown
2
Qiao Duan
University of Manchester
3
Nikolaos E. Myridis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
4
Dylan L. Jow
University of Toronto
5
Arnaud Boutonnet
Engineering Science Analysis (United States)
6
Véronique Van Elewyck
Unknown
7
Adrian Abac
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
8
Rebecca Charbonneau
History of Science Society
9
Wim Vegt
Eindhoven University of Technology
10
N. Guicciardini
Unknown

Rising Stars Papers

1
Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5–4.5 <i>M</i> <sub>⊙</sub> Compact Object and a Neutron Star
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2024
177 cit.
2
GW231123: A Binary Black Hole Merger with Total Mass 190–265 <i>M</i> <sub>⊙</sub>
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2025
80 cit.
3
GW250114: Testing Hawking’s Area Law and the Kerr Nature of Black Holes
Physical Review Letters|2025
69 cit.
4
New and robust gravitational-waveform model for high-mass-ratio binary neutron star systems with dynamical tidal effects
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.|2024
48 cit.
5
Galaxy mergers in the epoch of reionization – I. A JWST study of pair fractions, merger rates, and stellar mass accretion rates at <i>z</i>  = 4.5–11.5
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|2025
41 cit.
6
The Science of the Einstein Telescope
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics|2026
41 cit.
7
Search for Eccentric Black Hole Coalescences during the Third Observing Run of LIGO and Virgo
The Astrophysical Journal|2024
37 cit.
8
GWTC-4.0: An Introduction to Version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2025
28 cit.
9
Designing the JUICE Trajectory
Space Science Reviews|2024
25 cit.
10
Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.|2024
18 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Andrew Del Pozzi
Ball State University
2
Kayla A. Owens
University of Chicago
3
Silvia Raso
University of Genoa
4
Camila Navarrete
Université Côte d'Azur
5
Duncan Austin
University of Manchester
6
A. Brukhovesky
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7
Carly Morgan
University of Victoria
8
Job Feldbrugge
University of Edinburgh
9
Juliette Becker
University of Wisconsin–Madison
10
S. von Harrach
British Astronomical Association

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Status Report on the Chicago-Carnegie Hubble Program (CCHP): Measurement of the Hubble Constant Using the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes
The Astrophysical Journal|2025
110 cit.
2
A Large Population of Faint 8 &lt; z &lt; 16 Galaxies Found in the First JWST NIRCam Observations of the NGDEEP Survey
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2023
64 cit.
3
Oscillatory path integrals for radio astronomy
Annals of Physics|2023
35 cit.
4
Regimes in astrophysical lensing: refractive optics, diffractive optics, and the Fresnel scale
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|2023
28 cit.
5
Current Challenges in Cepheid Distance Calibrations Using Gaia Early Data Release 3
The Astrophysical Journal|2022
25 cit.
6
Eclipse timing variations in post-common envelope binaries: Are they a reliable indicator of circumbinary companions?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|2022
22 cit.
7
Existence of real time quantum path integrals
Annals of Physics|2023
22 cit.
8
A Robust Study of High-redshift Galaxies: Unsupervised Machine Learning for Characterizing Morphology with JWST up to z ∼ 8
The Astrophysical Journal|2024
22 cit.
9
The Astrophysical Distance Scale: V. A 2% Distance to the Local Group Spiral M33 via the JAGB Method, Tip of the Red Giant Branch, and Leavitt Law
arXiv (Cornell University)|2022
21 cit.
10
The Influence of Tidal Heating on the Habitability of Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
The Astrophysical Journal Letters|2023
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
C. A. Pilachowski
Indiana University Bloomington
2
R. Chornock
Geophysical Laboratory
3
M. J. Irwin
University of Cambridge
4
Dan Hooper
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5
D. D. Sokoloff
Tel Aviv University
6
Felix J. Lockman
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
7
S. R. Spangler
University of Iowa
8
J. R. D. Lépine
Brf (Brazil)
9
Thomas Kühn
Luleå University of Technology
10
Scott J. Kenyon
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
<i>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</i>
Physics Today|1963
35.5k cit.
2
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
The Philosophical Quarterly|1964
9.2k cit.
3
H I in the Galaxy
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics|1990
4.6k cit.
4
<i>Allen's Astrophysical Quantities</i>
Physics Today|2000
2.3k cit.
5
Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution in the Taurus-Auriga Molecular Cloud
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series|1995
1.8k cit.
6
A 3% SOLUTION: DETERMINATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT WITH THE<i>HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE</i>AND WIDE FIELD CAMERA 3
The Astrophysical Journal|2011
1.5k cit.
7
A dwarf satellite galaxy in Sagittarius
Nature|1994
1.4k cit.
8
The essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change
Philosophy of Science|1977
1.2k cit.
9
History of dark matter
Reviews of Modern Physics|2018
1.2k cit.
10
GALACTIC MAGNETISM: Recent Developments and Perspectives
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics|1996
1k cit.

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