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astronomer

[uh-stron-uh-mer] / əˈstrɒn ə mər /


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It is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble who first discovered that the universe is expanding.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 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

The telescope is named after physicist Nancy Grace Roman, who was Nasa's first chief astronomer in the 1960s and its first female executive.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

In rhetoric, we’re far closer to the astronomer than the mathematician.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Equipped with an enormous 39-meter mirror and advanced scientific instruments, the telescope will give astronomers the ability to detect smaller exomoons that are currently beyond the reach of existing observatories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

However, astronomers have not established a universally accepted definition of an exomoon.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Without that detailed spatial information, astronomers likely would have identified only one of the galaxy's three active black holes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 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

For a year the young astronomers did everything they could think of to track down and eliminate the noise.

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


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