astronomer
noun
as·tron·o·mer
ə-ˈsträ-nə-mər 
: a person who is skilled in astronomy or who makes observations of celestial phenomena
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This famous orbiter, which taught astronomers that the same comets can show up in our skies repeatedly, takes 76 years to loop around the sun.
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Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
First, astronomers need to recover it in more up-to-date imagery.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 May 2025
In their study, astronomer Terry Long Phan and colleagues compared data from two far-infrared, all-sky surveys: those of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and Japan's AKARI satellite.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
That’s just what an international team of astronomers did.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2025
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Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
First, astronomers need to recover it in more up-to-date imagery.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 May 2025
In their study, astronomer Terry Long Phan and colleagues compared data from two far-infrared, all-sky surveys: those of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and Japan's AKARI satellite.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
That’s just what an international team of astronomers did.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2025
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“Astronomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astronomer. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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