astronomer

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"Enthusiastic astronomer" Nazish was out moon spotting with her three nieces and nephews and said she wanted to pass on the skill.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The calculation was created in the 1800s by a Belgian astronomer, and then a doctor in the U.S. renamed it the body mass index in the 1970s.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

The author documents Tennyson’s reaction to books by the geologist Charles Lyell, the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and the astronomer John Herschel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Rømer was born at Århus on 25 September 1644, and after studying at the University of Copenhagen he stayed on there as assistant to the physicist and astronomer Erasmus Bartholin.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin