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Which scientist challenged a dominant astronomical paradigm after observing Jupiter's moons?

paradigm

[par-uh-dahym, -dim] / ˈpΓ¦r Ι™ΛŒdaΙͺm, -dΙͺm /


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"I thought it's a completely and absolutely different paradigm than how I think, how I work," she added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We’ve had a major paradigm change, a major regime shift in the capital cycle. The capital cycle was funding financial engineering, now the capital cycle is funding a new tectonic life-changing technology,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

His appointment as envoy to everywhere has shifted the paradigm, in plain sight.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

At the center of the comparison is the prediction paradigm, one of the dominant theories in modern neuroscience.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

But Molly, as the daughter of a physician, understood that she was witnessing the birth of team science; a new paradigm of a research lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Higher energy costs, higher interest rates and shifting economic paradigms from the AI-investment cycle are creating both winners and losers that the credit markets struggle to discount adequately.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

Drury wants us to question not only our eyes but our paradigms for viewing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

They are suggesting robot workforces will rise to outnumber human populations, godlike smartglasses will replace iPhones as new computer paradigms and AI data centers will expand to outer space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

The findings challenge existing paradigms about the relationship between metabolic and mental health by demonstrating that exercise can provide antidepressant-like effects even in the context of poor dietary choices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025

Pedagogically Sound: Including multiple perspectives and views on material not only enriches the curriculum content, but also provides radically different frameworks and paradigms to students on content.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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