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astrophysicist

[as-troh-fiz-uh-sist] / ˌæs troʊˈfɪz ə sɪst /
NOUN
astronomer
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"I have Sir Isaac Newton's personal assurance that it did indeed hit the moon, there's no way for it to have escaped," Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist and space analyst, told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

A new model from Caltech theoretical astrophysicist Jim Fuller suggests that this transformation may be far less orderly than it appears.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Snyder drove to the nearby home of Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, who went outside to his front porch to see what was going on, according to a Los Angeles County district attorney’s office news release.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

In the immediate aftermath of the brutal 1989 crackdown on students who had protested in Tiananmen Square, dissident astrophysicist Fang Lizhi sought refuge in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

In addition to being the mission's chemist, he was also an accomplished astrophysicist.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The “NOVA” presentation, bookended by takeoff and splashdown footage, isn’t for astrophysicists.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

He hired astrophysicists, cryptographers and speech-recognition experts — no Wall Street experience allowed.

From MarketWatch Nov. 15, 2025

Researchers believe data from the higher-resolution telescope, which has the capacity to measure high-energy signals, will help astrophysicists break the paradox.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2025

With his passing on Tuesday, India lost one of its most celebrated astrophysicists.

From BBC May 23, 2025

It took a long time before astrophysicists came to agree that our universe was finite—that it did, in fact, have a beginning.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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