astronomy
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“I do this for a living,” he said of astronomy and science, “and yet I find it mind-boggling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Gethings has continued his love of astronomy ever since.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Belgian particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to astronomy and his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
A parsec is a unit of distance used in astronomy equal to about 3.26 light years, or 30.9 trillion kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
What made astronomy in the years after 1572 a science?
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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