astronomer
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“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
Roman, which took more than $4 billion and over a decade to build, is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, nicknamed the "Mother of Hubble" for her role in developing the landmark space telescope.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
She later earned a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard and in 1927, she became the youngest astronomer ever to have a star of distinction next to her name in the publication American Men of Science.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
If you’re an astronomer, it’s people confusing what you do with astrology.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
As early as 1868 the astronomer William Huggins found an identity between some features in the spectrum of a comet and the spectrum of natural or “olefiant” gas.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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