Zwicky
Americannoun
noun
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In the early 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky noticed that many galaxies were moving far faster than their visible mass should permit.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025
In search of answers, a team of astronomers used the Zwicky Transient Facility, an automated telescope that looks for objects that change in the night sky, to hunt for varying AGNs.
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
Born in Bulgaria and raised in Switzerland, Zwicky came to the California Institute of Technology in the 1920s and there at once distinguished himself by his abrasive personality and erratic talents.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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