astronomer
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An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for possible camping locations in Quebec ended up spotting something far more unusual: evidence of a previously unrecognized impact crater.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
For comparison, it’s estimated that SpaceX has roughly 11,100 working Starlink satellites, according to data from the astronomer Jonathan McDowell.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Among the higher-profile entries are “Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,” a portrait of the Who guitarist and songwriter, and Nanette Burstein’s “Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff,” about the astronomer and science communicator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“When you have that level of anxiety over the clouds, it juices the experience,” Elliot Borgman, a 77-year-old retired astronomer from Lansdowne, Penn., told me over breakfast the morning after August’s eclipse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The astronomer permits Carl Phillips to share its contents with the radio audience.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
"XLSSC 122 has now set the record for the most distant galaxy cluster displaying strong lensing, which is a valuable tool for astronomers."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Finding additional examples could help astronomers determine how common this process is, how long it can persist, and what ultimately happens to objects trapped in such extraordinarily close relationships.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Einstein Probe's wide-field soft X-ray monitoring has now exposed this previously unseen stage, giving astronomers a direct look at the opening moments of a short GRB.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Kate Su of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, led a team of astronomers that used Webb to investigate these unusual systems in greater detail.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The more distant the objects that astronomers look at, the farther back they are looking in time.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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