Astronomer Leonard Searle, a former director of the Carnegie Observatories whose observations provided crucial information in determining the conditions of the Big Bang that created the universe and helped explain how heavy elements are produced in stars, has died. He was 79. Read more
Pioneering astronomer Leonard Searle, a director emeritus of Carnegie Observatories renowned for his work on discovering how the Milky Way and more distant galaxies were formed, died at his home in Pasadena on July 2. He was 79. Read more
Leonard Searle, Astronomer and Director Emeritus of Carnegie Observatories, died at his home on July 2, 2010, in Pasadena, CA, in the midst of a busy retirement that followed a long, distinguished scientific career. Read more