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List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (astronomy)

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This list is a subsection of the List of members of the National Academy of Sciences, which includes members and international members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, living and deceased, each affiliated with one of the academy's disciplinary sections.[1][2] Members are listed under their primary section, and each entry gives the person's name, primary institution, and election year. For deceased members, the year of death is noted.

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Charles G. Abbot (died 1973) Smithsonian Institution 1915
Charles Alcock Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 2001
Lawrence H. Aller (died 2003) University of California, Los Angeles 1962
V. Ambartsumian (died 1996) Byurakan Astronomical Observatory 1954
J. Roger P. Angel University of Arizona 2000
David Arnett University of Arizona 1985
Horace W. Babcock (died 2003) Carnegie Institution for Science 1954
John N. Bahcall (died 2005) Institute for Advanced Study 1976
Neta A. Bahcall Princeton University 1997
Steven A. Balbus University of Oxford 2015
Mitchell C. Begelman University of Colorado Boulder 2024
S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell University of Oxford 2005
Lars Bildsten University of California, Santa Barbara 2018
James J. Binney University of Oxford 2022
Roger D. Blandford Stanford University 2005
John G. Bolton (died 1993) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization 1980
J. Richard Bond University of Toronto 2011
William J. Borucki NASA Ames Research Center 2020
E. Margaret Burbidge (died 2020) University of California, San Diego 1978
Bernard F. Burke (died 2018) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970
Adam S. Burrows Princeton University 2015
Daniela Calzetti University of Massachusetts at Amherst 2020
Claude R. Canizares Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1993
John E. Carlstrom The University of Chicago 2002
Catherine Cesarsky CEA Saclay 2004
S. Chandrasekhar (died 1995) The University of Chicago 1955
David Charbonneau Harvard University 2017
Roger A. Chevalier University of Virginia 1996
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard Aarhus University 2021
George W. Clark (died 2023) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1980
Gerald Clemence (died 1974) United States Naval Observatory 1952
Arthur D. Code (died 2009) University of Arizona 1971
Judith G. Cohen California Institute of Technology 2017
Marshall H. Cohen California Institute of Technology 1984
Stirling A. Colgate (died 2013) Los Alamos National Laboratory 1984
Francoise Combes Paris Observatory 2023
Alexander Dalgarno (died 2015) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 2001
Marc Davis University of California, Berkeley 1991
Raymond Davis Jr. (died 2006) University of Pennsylvania 1982
Gerard de Vaucouleurs (died 1995) The University of Texas at Austin 1986
Bruce T. Draine Princeton University 2007
Frank D. Drake (died 2022) SETI Institute 1972
Alan Dressler Carnegie Institution for Science 1996
Daniel Eisenstein Harvard University 2014
Ronald D. Ekers Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization 2018
Richard S. Ellis University College London 2024
Sandra M. Faber University of California, Santa Cruz 1985
Andrew C. Fabian University of Cambridge 2016
George Field (died 2024) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1989
Debra Ann Fischer Yale University 2021
Alexei V. Filippenko University of California, Berkeley 2009
Wendy L. Freedman The University of Chicago 2003
Kenneth C. Freeman Australian National University 2017
Herbert Friedman (died 2000) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory 1960
Neil Gehrels (died 2017) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2010
Reinhard Genzel Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics 2000
Andrea M. Ghez University of California, Los Angeles 2004
Riccardo Giacconi (died 2018) Johns Hopkins University 1971
Leo Goldberg (died 1987) Kitt Peak National Observatory 1958
Jesse L. Greenstein (died 2002) California Institute of Technology 1957
James E. Gunn Princeton University 1977
Fiona A. Harrison California Institute of Technology 2014
Lee Hartmann University of Michigan 2024
Stephen Hawking (died 2018) University of Cambridge 1992
Chushiro Hayashi (died 2010) Kyoto University 1989
Martha P. Haynes Cornell University 2000
Timothy M. Heckman Johns Hopkins University 2016
D. S. Heeschen (died 2012) National Radio Astronomy Observatory 1971
Carl E. Heiles University of California, Berkeley 1990
George H. Herbig (died 2013) University of Hawaii at Manoa 1964
Lars E. Hernquist Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 2008
Fred Hoyle (died 2001) University of Cambridge 1969
John P. Huchra (died 2010) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1993
Icko Iben Jr. (died 2025) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 1985
David C. Jewitt University of California, Los Angeles 2005
Christine A. Jones Forman Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 2023
Steven M. Kahn University of California, Berkeley 2025
Victoria M. Kaspi McGill University 2010
K. I. Kellermann National Radio Astronomy Observatory 1975
Robert C. Kennicutt Jr. Texas A&M University 2006
Lisa J. Kewley Australian National University 2021
Ivan King (died 2021) University of Washington 1982
Robert P. Kirshner Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory 1998
John Kormendy The University of Texas at Austin 2020
Chryssa Kouveliotou The George Washington University 2013
Robert P. Kraft (died 2015) University of California, Santa Cruz 1971
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni California Institute of Technology 2003
R. B. Leighton (died 1997) California Institute of Technology 1966
Frank J. Low (died 2009) University of Arizona 1974
Willem J. Luyten (died 1994) University of Minnesota 1970
Donald Lynden-Bell (died 2018) University of Cambridge 1990
Roger Lynds (died 2023) National Optical Astronomy Observatory 1974
Chung-Pei Ma University of California, Berkeley 2022
Claire E. Max University of California, Santa Cruz 2008
Nicholas U. Mayall (died 1993) Kitt Peak National Observatory 1949
Michel G. Mayor University of Geneva 2010
Richard A. McCray (died 2021) University of Colorado at Boulder 1989
Christopher F. McKee University of California, Berkeley 1992
Maura A. McLaughlin West Virginia University 2024
Péter István Mészáros The Pennsylvania State University - University Park 2021
William B. McKinnon Washington University in St. Louis 2023
Dimitri Mihalas (died 2013) Los Alamos National Laboratory 1981
James M. Moran Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1998
W. W. Morgan (died 1994) Yerkes Observatory 1956
Samuel Harvey Moseley Jr. Quantum Circuits 2023
Guido Münch (died 2020) California Institute of Technology 1967
Norman W. Murray University of Toronto 2025
Ramesh Narayan Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 2013
Jerry E. Nelson (died 2017) University of California, Santa Cruz 1996
Gerry Neugebauer (died 2014) California Institute of Technology 1973
Otto E. Neugebauer (died 1990) Institute for Advanced Study 1977
Jan H. Oort (died 1992) Sterrewacht-Huygens Laboratorium of the Netherlands 1953
Ernst J. Öpik (died 1985) Armagh Observatory 1975
Donald E. Osterbrock (died 2007) University of California, Santa Cruz 1966
Eve C. Ostriker Princeton University 2022
Jeremiah P. Ostriker (died 2025) Princeton University 1974
Bohdan Paczyński (died 2007) Princeton University 1984
Eugene N. Parker (died 2022) University of Chicago 1967
P. James E. Peebles Princeton University 1988
Manuel Peimbert Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 1987
Arno A. Penzias (died 2024) New Enterprise Associates 1975
C. H. F. Peters (died 1890) Hamilton College 1876
George W. Preston Carnegie Institution for Science 1977
Eliot Quataert Princeton University 2020
V. Radhakrishnan (died 2011) Raman Research Institute 1996
Anthony C. Readhead California Institute of Technology 1995
Martin J. Rees Trinity College, Cambridge 1982
Mark J. Reid Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 2019
George H. Rieke University of Arizona 2011
Marcia J. Rieke University of Arizona 2012
Adam G. Riess Johns Hopkins University 2009
Morton S. Roberts (died 2024) National Radio Astronomy Observatory 1983
Luis F. Rodríguez Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2008
Vera C. Rubin (died 2016) Carnegie Institution for Science 1981
Martin Ryle (died 1984) University of Cambridge 1975
E. E. Salpeter (died 2008) Cornell University 1967
Anneila I. Sargent California Institute of Technology 2021
Wallace L. W. Sargent (died 2012) California Institute of Technology 2005
Paul L. Schechter Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003
Brian P. Schmidt Australian National University 2008
Maarten Schmidt (died 2022) California Institute of Technology 1978
Martin Schwarzschild (died 1997) Princeton University 1956
Nicholas Z. Scoville California Institute of Technology 2022
Sara Seager Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015
Michael J. Seaton (died 2007) University of London 1986
Uroš Seljak University of California, Berkeley 2019
Irwin I. Shapiro Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1974
Stephen A. Shectman Carnegie Institution for Science 2014
I. S. Shklovsky (died 1985) Russian Academy of Sciences 1973
Frank H. Shu (died 2023) National Tsinghua University 1987
David N. Spergel Simons Foundation 2007
Hyron Spinrad (died 2015) University of California, Berkeley 1988
Lyman Spitzer Jr. (died 1997) Princeton University 1952
Volker Springel Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics 2007
Charles C. Steidel California Institute of Technology 2006
James M. Stone Institute for Advanced Study 2022
Bengt Strömgren (died 1987) University of Copenhagen 1971
Rashid A. Sunyaev Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics 1991
Alexander S. Szalay Johns Hopkins University 2023
Yasuo Tanaka (died 2018) Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics 1998
Harvey D. Tananbaum Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2005
Patrick Thaddeus (died 2017) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1987
Joseph H. Taylor Jr. Princeton University 1981
Alan M. Title (died 2026) Lockheed Martin Space Technology Advanced R&D Labs 2004
John L. Tonry University of Hawaii at Manoa 2018
Alar Toomre Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1983
Richard Tousey (died 1997) Naval Research Laboratory 1960
Scott D. Tremaine Institute for Advanced Study 2002
Robert J. Trumpler (died 1956) Lick Observatory 1932
J. Anthony Tyson University of California, Davis 1997
Andrzej Udalski Warsaw University 2012
C. Megan Urry Yale University 2016
Hendrik C. van de Hulst (died 2000) Sterrewacht-Huygens Laboratorium of the Netherlands 1977
Ewine F. van Dishoeck Leiden University 2001
Risa H. Wechsler Stanford University 2025
David H. Weinberg The Ohio State University 2023
William (Jack) Welch (died 2024) University of California, Berkeley 1999
Ray J. Weymann Carnegie Institution for Science 1984
Fred L. Whipple (died 2004) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 1959
Simon D. M. White Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics 2007
Albert E. Whitford (died 2002) University of California, Santa Cruz 1954
Olin C. Wilson (died 1994) Carnegie Institution of Washington 1960
Robert W. Wilson Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1979
Edward Wright University of California, Los Angeles 2011
Rosemary F. Wyse Johns Hopkins University 2025
Yakov Zeldovich (died 1987) Russian Academy of Sciences 1979
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References

  1. [1]
    "Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  2. [2]
    "Membership Overview". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 4, 2026.

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