One of Hawley's brothers, John, is a theoretical astrophysicist, at the University of Virginia.

Felix Humble - A mid-30s theoretical astrophysicist from Cambridge.

Manasse Mbonye is a theoretical astrophysicist born in Gahini, Rwanda.

In recent years, though, more astronomers and theoretical astrophysicists have been added to the team.

Other astronomers and theoretical astrophysicists familiar with the research have been won over.

On April 2, 1948, she married Geoffrey Burbidge, a theoretical astrophysicist.

Today, the number probably exceeds 1,000, astronomers being increasingly joined by scientists who study elementary particles and theoretical astrophysicists who rarely get near a telescope.

Richard Young, a project scientist at the Ames Research Center, said that for theoretical astrophysicists these could be the most critical measurements of the mission.

Of course, it was only a question for theoretical astrophysicists at first, you understand.

But three theoretical astrophysicists have published a suggestion that the laws of physics might not prohibit such "wormhole" travel through space and time.