Zwicky

American

[tsvik-ee] / ˈtsvɪk i /

noun

Fritz 1898–1974, Swiss astrophysicist, born in Bulgaria, in the U.S. after 1925.

Zwicky British

/ ˈtsvɪkɪ /

noun

Fritz. 1898–1974, Swiss astronomer and physicist, working in the US from 1925; noted for his study of supernovae

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Using the Zwicky Transient Facility at Palomar Observatory in California, she detected the object, formally designated AT2024wpp and nicknamed the Whippet.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

In 2019, a routine observation by the Zwicky scope noticed a previously unheralded quiescent galaxy called SDSS1335+0728, 300 million light-years away, suddenly brighten.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2024

It was picked up by the Zwicky Transient Facility at Caltech.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

Janus was spotted using the Zwicky Transient Facility at Caltech's Palomar Observatory near San Diego, with subsequent observations made by other ground-based telescopes.

From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023

Unfortunately, Zwicky was held in such disdain by most of his colleagues that his ideas attracted almost no notice.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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