astronomer
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If you’re an astronomer, it’s people confusing what you do with astrology.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
A museum has been given a grant to fund a project about a Bradford-born astronomer who was influenced by the work of medieval Islamic scientists.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
"It's very exciting to see our simulations matched so closely by data from another galaxy," said Lars Hernquist, Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard and a CfA astronomer.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
The calculation was created in the 1800s by a Belgian astronomer, and then a doctor in the U.S. renamed it the body mass index in the 1970s.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Half a century later the whereabouts of the century’s greatest astronomer remain unknown.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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