astronomy
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Whatever the discipline—medicine, law, astronomy, theology—knowledge had to be sought.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"A year in orbit pushes both hardware and humans into a different operational regime compared with the shorter Shenzhou missions of the programme's earlier phases," the professor of physics and astronomy told AFP.
From Barron's • May 23, 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
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
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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