astronomer
noun
as·tron·o·mer
ə-ˈsträ-nə-mər 
: a person who is skilled in astronomy or who makes observations of celestial phenomena
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Since the budget cuts were announced in March, astronomers have rallied together to #SaveChandra, compiling their case for the observatory into a website.
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2024
The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor show, dates back to 687 BC by the Chinese, astronomers say.
—USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Light pollution has long been an irritation to astronomers and for anyone trying to sleep.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Peering back to the time period close to the Big Bang is not simply a matter of having a larger mirror – astronomers have already done it using other satellites that observe microwave emission from very soon after the Big Bang.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
It was studied by an all-woman team of astronomers, according to the parks service, and Thomas Edison himself traveled to see the event, bringing scientific equipment to study the sun's corona during the eclipse.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
The team hopes that their findings will improve astronomer’s understanding of the detailed processes that shape the universe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
Similarly, in 1560, German astronomer Christoph Clavius described how birds fell to the ground during another eclipse, overwhelmed by the sudden darkness.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Fifty years later, British astronomers Frank Dyson and Arthur Eddington performed measurements of the apparent shift of stars during a 1919 solar eclipse as an early test of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2024
The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor show, dates back to 687 BC by the Chinese, astronomers say.
—USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Light pollution has long been an irritation to astronomers and for anyone trying to sleep.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Peering back to the time period close to the Big Bang is not simply a matter of having a larger mirror – astronomers have already done it using other satellites that observe microwave emission from very soon after the Big Bang.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
It was studied by an all-woman team of astronomers, according to the parks service, and Thomas Edison himself traveled to see the event, bringing scientific equipment to study the sun's corona during the eclipse.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
The team hopes that their findings will improve astronomer’s understanding of the detailed processes that shape the universe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
Similarly, in 1560, German astronomer Christoph Clavius described how birds fell to the ground during another eclipse, overwhelmed by the sudden darkness.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Fifty years later, British astronomers Frank Dyson and Arthur Eddington performed measurements of the apparent shift of stars during a 1919 solar eclipse as an early test of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Astronomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astronomer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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