astronomy

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"It'll be exciting, you know, in a slightly scary way, when they go behind the moon," Derek Buzasi, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The number of students earning undergraduate astronomy degrees in the U.S. is at an all-time high, quadruple what it was two decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Cleaver said she was always interested in astronomy while a pupil at Chelmsford County High School and later studied physics at Durham University.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Wilson Observatory to satisfy his lifelong interest in astronomy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The mapping of the moon, beginning with van Langren in 1645, provided a crucial precedent for eponymic naming, helping to transfer it from geography to astronomy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton