astronomically

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Astronomically speaking, winter begins at the solstice on Dec. 21, where in terms of light, we are in the darkest of days — but there is hope.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021

Astronomically, however, this is mega-event foreshadowing significant changes in the weather.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Storey, M., Roberts, R. G. & Saidin, M. Astronomically calibrated 40Ar/39Ar age for the Toba supereruption and global synchronization of late Quaternary records.

From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018

“I would have spent it. Astronomically expensive trips to the Bahama Islands, a boat in Amalfi — guess what: I did not do any of these things.”

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2014

Astronomically, the U.S.S.R. and the United States are the same place.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan