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

Organisers said they wanted to bring astronomy and science closer to communities in cities and towns that were hard to reach.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

While religion provides answers, astronomy offers another way to search for them, grounding me like a kind of cosmic anchor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Wilson Observatory to satisfy his lifelong interest in astronomy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Like most ancient peoples, the Greeks were stargazers, and the Babylonians were the first masters of astronomy: they had learned how to predict eclipses.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife