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astronomy

[uh-stron-uh-mee] / əˈstrɒn ə mi /


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"His tenacity and scientific vision has paved the way for a new kind of astronomy."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Belgian particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to astronomy and his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Nearly twenty scrolls discovered at Qumran address calendars and astronomy, an unusually large number that indicates how significant these subjects were to the community.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Jodrell Bank had a pioneering role in the development of radio astronomy.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

But a Venus with phases is perfectly compatible with Ptolemaic astronomy; what isn’t is a Venus whose phases go from crescent to full: such a Venus must be in orbit around the sun.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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