List of Cosmologists - H

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• Stephen W. Hawking (1942–) described singularities in general relativity and developed singularity-free models of the big bang; predicted primordial black holes
• Charles W. Hellaby described models of general relativity with nonconstant metric signature
• Michał Heller (1936–) researched noncommutative approaches to quantum relativity
• Robert C. Herman (1914–1997) predicted the background radiation temperature
• Lars Hernquist studied galaxy formation and evolution
• Honorius Augustodunensis (–1151) wrote a popular encyclopedia of cosmology, geography, and world history
• Hans Hörbiger (1860–1931) formulated a pseudoscientific theory of ice as the basic substance of all cosmic processes
• Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) promoted the steady state theory, used the anthropic principle to explain the energy levels of carbon nuclei
• Edwin P. Hubble (1889–1953) demonstrated the existence of other galaxies and confirmed the relation between redshift and distance
• John P. Huchra (1948–) discovered the Great Wall, a superstructure-scale filament of galaxies