astronomy
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After receiving an email Friday afternoon, Keivan Stassun, a professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University and director of the Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-intensive Astrophysics, said he reached out to fellow board members.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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
To better understand how planets form and evolve, researchers from astronomy, planetary science, and Earth science are increasingly working together.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
The committee included professors of law, astronomy and English and other disciplines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Zhenya Rudneva, astronomy student and poet and storyteller, was awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union in December 1944.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing astronomy
Eclipse Vocabulary
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From Ascension to Zenith: Astronomy and Stargazing Terms
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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