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		Maarten Schmidt, the father of quasars, dies at age 92 (astronomy.com)
		2 points by pseudolus on Sept 28, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

melling on Sept 28, 2022 [–]

He was on the cover of Time magazine in March 1966.

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601660311,00.h...

Not sure if there’s the same excitement today about space as there was in the 1960’s

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