astronomer
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"Enthusiastic astronomer" Nazish was out moon spotting with her three nieces and nephews and said she wanted to pass on the skill.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 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
Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026
The author documents Tennyson’s reaction to books by the geologist Charles Lyell, the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and the astronomer John Herschel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Tombaugh had no formal training as an astronomer, but he was diligent and he was astute, and after a year’s patient searching he somehow spotted Pluto, a faint point of light in a glittery firmament.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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