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    2. Chris Lintott
    Chris Lintott, University of Oxford astronomer, BBC The Sky at Night presenter.

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    Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and a co-host of BBC's The Sky at Night.

    Recent articles by Chris Lintott

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    This JWST image shows NGC 1365, a galaxy which hosted a Type Ia supernova in 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Judy Schmidt
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