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Space = really, really freaky for me. andyroberts Pictures from Astronomy's annular eclipse trip to Kenya, part three - Astronomy Magazine (blog) astrospacenow Just updated: #Astronomy Picture of the Day:
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Dr. Heard's work in Astronomy is mainly in the field of stellar spectra with particular emphasis on the motions of the stars.
Sputniks 1958
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The term Astronomy is derived from two Greek words, signifying the _law_ of the _stars_; _astron_ being the Greek for star.
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The term Astronomy is derived from two Latin words, -- _Astra_, a star, and _onomy_, a science; and literally means the science of the stars.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887
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Astronomy is largely an exploratory science, heavily dominated by observation.
Seth Shostak: Bye Bye to a Lovely Planet Seth Shostak 2010
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I did like their final album of the 20th century, which was released around 1982 (it had Emminence Front on it) and I stayed up late the night before my Christmas exam in Astronomy to watch the simulcast of their “farewell concert” from Toronto, probably that same year.
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Astronomy is largely an exploratory science, heavily dominated by observation.
Seth Shostak: Bye Bye to a Lovely Planet Seth Shostak 2010
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Taton and Wilson in Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the the Rise of Astrophysics detail extensive difference in the way Boulliau called eccentricity of orbits.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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Astronomy is largely an exploratory science, heavily dominated by observation.
Seth Shostak: Bye Bye to a Lovely Planet Seth Shostak 2010
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Hannah at Women in Astronomy poignantly recounts the year of 2004, in which she gave birth, defended her dissertation, developed and overcame a type of pregnancy-related cancer, and had to deal with moving her family to another state.
April Scientiae: We Rise Up Candid Engineer 2009
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