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  • This turns out to be every astronomer's answer to everything.

    TV review: Horizon: Seeing Stars; Safebreakers and Only Connect 2011

  • Close Encounters The astronomer's solitary vigil lasted for a few weeks; he ran out of telescope time with little to report.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • The guy who was sitting in the chair in the alien vehicle - there was a giant fellow sitting in a seat on what looked to be either a piece of technology or an astronomer's chair.

    Filmstalker: Ridley Scott talks Alien Prequel 2010

  • Sure, that's nice… But if you want to win an astronomer's heart, give 'em a big XO!

    An XO For Valentine's Day… | Universe Today 2010

  • As examples of "tokens of things," Publicius includes such occupational images as the architect's set square/level and the astronomer's astrolabe and those evoking metaphor, such as the "sword of justice" (Art of Memory, 26).

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Close Encounters The astronomer's solitary vigil lasted for a few weeks; he ran out of telescope time with little to report.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • At the urging of a local bishop, scientists began searching in 2004 for the astronomer's remains and eventually turned up the skull and bones of a man who was 70 years old, the age Copernicus was when he died.

    SCIENCE NEWS 2010

  • At the top of the entry stairs stands a massive gilt astronomer's clock made by the great French horologer Detouche for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1855.

    The Journe Identity Joshua Levine 2010

  • Close Encounters The astronomer's solitary vigil lasted for a few weeks; he ran out of telescope time with little to report.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • At quirky KOM, housed in Poland's first telephone exchange, the décor features telephone lamps designed by the owners, as well as a Copernicus-inspired chandelier based on the Polish astronomer's model of the solar system.

    Warsaw Comes of Age 2010

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