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In 1855, British astronomer William Jacob proposed that the system contained a planet, making it the first star system to host an officially proposed exoplanet candidate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 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

The telescope is named after physicist Nancy Grace Roman, who was Nasa's first chief astronomer in the 1960s and its first female executive.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

It took some inspired deductions by the astronomer William Herschel to work out that they were nowhere near planet sized but much smaller.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Understanding how magnetic fields affect these stellar explosions could therefore help astronomers refine their interpretations of supernova brightness and improve their understanding of cosmic expansion.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

This cool region corresponds to the "MOLsphere," a layer containing molecular gas that astronomers had previously identified primarily through infrared observations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The resulting wake could disturb the atmosphere, producing changes that astronomers can detect even though the smaller star itself remains invisible in the radio observations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Different radio frequencies allow astronomers to examine different depths within a star's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

It was only printing that ensured that a significant number of astronomers had access to Regiomontanus’s text on parallax after 1531.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton