astronomer
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"We were stunned to see how asymmetric this disk is," said co-investigator Joshua Bennett Lovell, also an astronomer at the CfA.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
“There’s really no one signature that can indicate life,” says Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The astronomer who discovered what stars are made of, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at her teenage home, 70 Lansdowne Road in Notting Hill.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Coined in the 1960s by a Soviet astronomer, the futurist term refers to a civilization able to use all of the energy from its home system's star.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Weeks later, back in the town in New Hampshire where I live, I put these questions to John Thorstensen, an astronomer at Dartmouth College.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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