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astronomer

[uh-stron-uh-mer] / əˈstrɒn ə mər /


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The idea was first proposed as a millennium project by local resident David Thomas, a retired teacher and amateur astronomer who wanted to create something that would inspire learning.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

"We were stunned to see how asymmetric this disk is," said co-investigator Joshua Bennett Lovell, also an astronomer at the CfA.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

“It’s a big sky and you have to spend time being open to what’s going to show up,” says James Davenport, an astronomer at the University of Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Coined in the 1960s by a Soviet astronomer, the futurist term refers to a civilization able to use all of the energy from its home system's star.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

This remarkable star, 5,000 light-years distant, is now called the Crab Supernova, because an astronomer centuries later was unaccountably reminded of a crab when looking at the explosion remnant through his telescope.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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