astronomer

While Amazon has 392 satellites in space, according to data from astronomer Jonathan McDowell, only 315 are in the proper operational orbit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

It made him appreciate the delicacy of life on our planet in the way astronomer Carl Sagan once did when speaking of the Pale Blue Dot photograph.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

An astronomer looked through his new telescope into the stars one morning and then refused to ever look to the heavens again.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Future studies that observe larger portions of the sky for longer periods should allow astronomers to map neutral hydrogen with even greater precision.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

By measuring that shift, astronomers can study hydrogen from different eras in cosmic history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

ALMA's high resolution for imaging also allowed astronomers to track how different molecules are released and travel away from the comet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Hubble's long operational history has given astronomers an unusual ability to follow changes on planets and other astronomical objects over many years.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Thus when astronomers refer to a Hubble constant of 50, what they really mean is "50 kilometers per second per megaparsec."

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