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astronomy

[uh-stron-uh-mee] / əˈstrɒn ə mi /


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“In astronomy, or any other science, this would have caused a massive scandal. In aging science there was not even a shrug.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"A year in orbit pushes both hardware and humans into a different operational regime compared with the shorter Shenzhou missions of the programme's earlier phases," the professor of physics and astronomy told AFP.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The Observatory, one of the UK's oldest purpose-built scientific institutions, is known for its contributions to astronomy.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

To better understand how planets form and evolve, researchers from astronomy, planetary science, and Earth science are increasingly working together.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

We have seen already that the two-spheres theory could not survive the discovery of America; now we find that traditional Ptolemaic astronomy could not survive the discovery of the phases of Venus.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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