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astronomer
[ uh-stron-uh-mer ]
Word History and Origins
Origin of astronomer1
Example Sentences
It’s the first time astronomers had identified an exploding magnetar in another galaxy.
Each year, astronomers discover nova explosions in the Milky Way that cause dim stars to flare up and emit far more light than the sun before they fade again.
Confirming the planet’s existence should not be too hard—astronomers simply have to observe the object again and see if its new position corresponds with an orbit.
A highlight of the five-day event is the Cadillac Mountain Star Party, with rangers and astronomers acting as travel guides to the sky.
Both buck the trend astronomers expected from theories of how planetary systems form.
“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.
The new Research Institute set features an all-female cast: a paleontologist, astronomer, and chemist.
In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington observed a strong solar flare that was directed at the Earth.
Calvin astronomer Howard Van Till was for years the leading evangelical champion of the Big Bang Theory.
Edward Hubble, the greatest astronomer of the 20th century, who discovered the expanding universe, he was inspired by Jules Verne.
The crest-fallen astronomer plodded on his weary way, another example of a fool and his money soon parted.
His birth might also be remembered as occurring in the same year as that of the great astronomer Galileo.
Let us suppose that the Astronomer Royal claimed infallibility, not only in matters astronomical, but also in politics and morals.
The modern astronomer needs to know much of chemistry, or else he can not understand many of his observations on the sun.
On the way homewards, we visited the observatory of the famous astronomer, Dey Singh.
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