astronomer
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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
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
When I heard the learn’d astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room / How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
However, astronomers have not established a universally accepted definition of an exomoon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
If confirmed, the discovery could mark the first detection of a natural satellite outside our Solar System, potentially changing how astronomers define moons and planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
The new results build on decades of work by hundreds of astronomers and researchers worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
And while the report said the unnamed person making the report was “fairly reliable” due to his association with “military jet aircraft activities,” local astronomers said that Jupiter could possibly explain the sighting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In the same way, by looking at how a star’s light spectrum gets shifted, astronomers can deduce how fast the star is moving—toward us or away.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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