astronomy
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“In astronomy, or any other science, this would have caused a massive scandal. In aging science there was not even a shrug.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"A year in orbit pushes both hardware and humans into a different operational regime compared with the shorter Shenzhou missions of the programme's earlier phases," the professor of physics and astronomy told AFP.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The Observatory, one of the UK's oldest purpose-built scientific institutions, is known for its contributions to astronomy.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Together, these studies highlight how advances in artificial intelligence are transforming astronomy.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
Proclus credits Pythagoras, for example, with discovering the theorem we now call Pythagoras’s theorem, and Menelaus the theorem that is the mathematical foundation for Ptolemaic astronomy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing astronomy
Eclipse Vocabulary
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From Ascension to Zenith: Astronomy and Stargazing Terms
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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