astronomy
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"It'll be exciting, you know, in a slightly scary way, when they go behind the moon," Derek Buzasi, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
The number of students earning undergraduate astronomy degrees in the U.S. is at an all-time high, quadruple what it was two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"We are used to thinking of astronomy as a snapshot in time," Rathore said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Cleaver said she was always interested in astronomy while a pupil at Chelmsford County High School and later studied physics at Durham University.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
In astronomy, this process really gets under way with Tycho Brahe; in physics, with Pascal.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing astronomy
Eclipse Vocabulary
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From Ascension to Zenith: Astronomy and Stargazing Terms
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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