astronomer

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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

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

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

The company described the new model, named after American astronomer Vera Rubin, as marking a profound shift from its previous generation of AI architecture, Blackwell, which launched in late 2024.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

For a future astronomer and astronaut like myself, that day had been out-of-this-world awesome.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas