astronomy
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The Observatory, one of the UK's oldest purpose-built scientific institutions, is known for its contributions to astronomy.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
“This space shuttle is everything rolled into one that my husband loved: astronomy, innovation, exploration, science, math and especially children,” Oschin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"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
Both Orrantia and Do now intend to pursue graduate studies in astronomy.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
Such instruments, however well constructed, could not make sufficiently exact measurements or calculations to test the limits of Ptolemaic astronomy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing astronomy
Eclipse Vocabulary
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