astronomer
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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
“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
On a modern school protractor you cannot distinguish ten minutes of a degree, and only one astronomer before Kepler would have thought such a measurement unsatisfactory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
By studying the elements present in a star, astronomers may be able to estimate the relative amounts of rock-forming materials available to its planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
These subtle effects are difficult to identify individually, so astronomers rely on statistical methods to detect them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The gravitational distortions are caused primarily by something astronomers cannot directly observe: dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
However, the observations did not match what astronomers normally expect.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Previous astronomers would have rejected this solution because it did not involve circular movement.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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