astronomer

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

Imo Bell, a planetarium astronomer at The Royal Observatory Greenwich, says the specialist glasses are "very, very different" to regular sunglasses, which will not offer protection.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

It involved a famous astronomer, Sir John Herschel.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

That connection supports the idea that more distant remnant radio galaxies may fade faster, reducing the amount of time during which astronomers can detect them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The result suggests that astronomers may now be detecting a population of relatively short-lived remnants that earlier surveys largely overlooked.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Different wavelengths allow astronomers to observe different altitudes within Saturn's atmosphere, producing small shifts in where the decagon seems to appear.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

That rapid response helps astronomers gather follow-up observations before fleeting events fade away.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

When astronomers peer at a distant galaxy, they are looking backward in time.

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