How to Use astronomer in a Sentence

astronomer

noun
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  • Many of the astronomers who observed it then are not alive now.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024
  • The astronomers on site were considering evacuating, the student wrote.
    — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • Then, in 2014, a team of astronomers published a new, arguably better explanation.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 July 2024
  • Now, new research from Caltech astronomers just uncovered an extra line of evidence in favor of the hidden planet.
    — Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
  • Combined, all of those wavelengths of light provide a more complete picture that enables astronomers to solve the universe’s lingering mysteries.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 July 2024
  • Occasionally, bits of the accretion disk fall into the black hole, causing visible flare-ups that astronomers can observe and document.
    — Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 May 2024
  • June 3: Dean Regas, an astronomer who is also a podcaster and media figure will try to put the great scale of the universe into perspective.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2024
  • But the new technology could help identify asteroids that may be potentially hazardous, helping astronomers keep tabs on space rocks for planetary defense.
    — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • Jane Rigby Jane Rigby, an astronomer who grew up in Delaware, is the chief scientist of the world’s most powerful telescope.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
  • Smith was the second astronomer hired on the project by John Mather in 1996.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In the 1920s astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn took this a step further.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In years past, many astronomers thought of the solar wind as a steady flow, streaming away from the sun at a constant rate.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023
  • So why not celebrate the Mayan astronomers who found Venus?
    — Noé López, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Many more baby black holes await the attention of the telescope and its astronomers.
    — WIRED, 5 Nov. 2023
  • This was the true origin of the magnitude scale, which astronomers still use today.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 July 2023
  • But over the past several years, a team of astronomers has begun to rewrite the ballet of stars.
    — Zack Savitsky, Scientific American, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But just think of it: an amateur astronomer watching the Moon cover the Sun from a place named Mars Hill?
    — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • About 1,000 light-years away, a vast disk of gas and dust is offering astronomers a peek at how planets are born.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
  • That makes astronomers’ conclusion that the Milky Way has four arms, something of a surprise.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • For decades astronomers have wondered how the cosmos grew and took shape and what its ultimate fate will be.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
  • That provided a map of the magnetic field, according to an astronomer who led the study.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In no other field do men confront mystery and challenge like that which looms down upon the astronomer in the long watches of the night.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • Comet Nishimura was first spotted in Japan by a novice astronomer in mid-August, which is why the comet was named after him.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That could enable astronomers to start using FRBs as a mapping tool.
    — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Since then, astronomers have identified more events like this.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But what astronomers still don’t understand is why things have been calm ever since.
    — WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • While astronomers know of 40 to 50 in-sync solar systems, none have as many planets in such perfect step or as bright a star as this one, Palle said.
    — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Jupiter's four Galilean moons were discovered by Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1610.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Finally, with the help of a computer scientist and an astronomer, de Paulis was ready to send the message.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • To an astronomer, the longest night of the year occurs once in each hemisphere, as the earth makes its ponderous revolution around the sun.
    — Caity Weaver, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023

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