astronomer
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The hotel hosts special trips during the festival, led by a local astronomer, and runs visits to various sites and events across the park.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn’t have a telescope, so I was just an idiot.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
These faint objects may also help astronomers investigate one of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
For the new studies, astronomers examined preview observations gathered between April 2025 and January 2026.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Both discoveries are remarkable because astronomers made them using only a small amount of the data Rubin is expected to collect over its lifetime.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
No one knows enough about Greek astronomers to be able to definitively identify the creator of the mechanism.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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