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astronomer

[uh-stron-uh-mer] / əˈstrɒn ə mər /


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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

"Several scenarios had been proposed to explain this emission," explains Yaël Nazé, an astronomer at ULiège.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 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

Following a lead by the astronomer V. M. Slipher at Lowell Observatory, they began measuring the spectra of distant galaxies.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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