astronomy
noun
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The Difference Between Astronomy and Astrology
Some may find it easy to confuse astronomy and astrology. At one time, these two words actually were synonymous (that is, astronomy once meant what astrology means today), but they have since moved apart from each other. In current use, astronomy is concerned with “the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere,” while astrology is the purported divination of how stars and planets influence our lives. Put bluntly, astronomy is a science, and astrology is not.
Examples of astronomy in a Sentence
Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2024
The students compete in hands-on and lab events covering topics in engineering, physics, epidemiology, astronomy, chemistry, robotics and coding.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
This all may seem like a lark, a silly bit of fun at the expense of astronomy.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 June 2024
And why is math so uncannily effective at explaining it, not just in physics, but also in chemistry, in astronomy, and even in some parts of biology?
—Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024
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“Astronomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astronomy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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