astronomer
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Among them was astronomer and astrophysicist Ernst Öpik.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
If you’re an astronomer, it’s people confusing what you do with astrology.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
It narrates the bittersweet adventures of the titular astronomer and his surveyor sidekick who carved the boundary separating slave states from free.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
"This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we have seen in the past 50 years," said Eliza Neights, an astronomer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
A radio astronomer on a planet of another star would be able to calculate the length of the day on Earth from the times of appearance and disappearance of our signals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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