. ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Historic ▁post cards ▁ ▁Category : Ch âte aux ▁in ▁S art he <0x0A> </s> ▁Richard ▁Con n ▁Henry ▁( born ▁ 7 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 0 ) ▁is ▁an ▁Academy ▁Professor ▁of ▁Physics ▁and ▁Astronom y ▁at ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University , ▁author ▁of ▁one ▁book ▁and ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁publications ▁on ▁the ▁topics ▁of ▁ast ro physics ▁and ▁various ▁forms ▁of ▁astronom y ▁including ▁optical , ▁radio , ▁ult rav io let , ▁and ▁X - ray . ▁He ▁reports ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁team ▁that ▁discovered ▁" v ast ly ▁more ▁b ary ons ▁than ▁had ▁ever ▁before ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁universe ". ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁c ited ▁in ▁the ▁effort ▁to ▁re - c ategor ize ▁Pl uto ▁as ▁a ▁d war f ▁planet . ▁ ▁He ▁initially ▁joined ▁the ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University ▁Physics ▁Department ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁J H U ▁astronom er ▁since ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁After ▁a ▁st int ▁at ▁NASA , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁help ▁attract ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁the ▁Space ▁T eles cope ▁Science ▁Institute ▁to ▁J H U , ▁an ▁organization ▁that ▁now ▁emp lo ys ▁ 5 0 0 , ▁including ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Ph D s . ▁ ▁More ▁recently ▁he ▁has ▁attract ed ▁popular ▁press ▁for ▁the ▁SET I ▁e cli ptic ▁search ▁idea , ▁and ▁the ▁Han ke - Hen ry ▁P erman