astronomy
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"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
After receiving an email Friday afternoon, Keivan Stassun, a professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University and director of the Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-intensive Astrophysics, said he reached out to fellow board members.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
ZTF data are processed and archived by IPAC, an astronomy center at Caltech.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
Regiomontanus had recently completed an exposition and commentary on Ptolemy’s astronomy, begun by his mentor Georg Peuerbach.
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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