How to Use astronomy in a Sentence

astronomy

noun

• This is the first taste of a promising new kind of astronomy.
  — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2021
• Their best bet was to blend in with the male culture of astronomy.
  — Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022
• In astronomy, tidal forces aren’t just what make the ocean come in and out every day.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2023
• What should the field of astronomy do with someone like Avi Loeb?
  — Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• This all may seem like a lark, a silly bit of fun at the expense of astronomy.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 June 2024
• For Schwarzschild, the key to the universe lay in astronomy.
  — Ruth Frankli, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• In astronomy, the study of fast radio bursts can sometimes feel like a game of Clue.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022
• Half-months are used in astronomy to separate months in two sections: day one through the 15 day, and day 16 through the rest of the month.
  — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• To learn more about space and astronomy events in 2023 and to upload them to your calendar app, go to nytimes.com/spacecalendar.
  — Danielle Dowling, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• So there's going to be a lot of astronomy and science, which is great for nerds like me who love that.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• As topics in astronomy go, FRBs are still young and bustling.
  — Adam Mann, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2021
• The survey serves as a once-a-decade roadmap guiding U.S. astronomy.
  — Allison Gasparini, Scientific American, 25 May 2022
• The site is a Bortle 2 and is frequently used by astronomy clubs.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
• That’s how many years old the light captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is, a major advance in astronomy.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 12 July 2022
• The seller uses astronomy software to replicate what the sky looked like at the time and day of the memorable moment.
  — Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2022
• Now is the time to get active online or join your local astronomy club.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
• The research was done in the lab of Dr. Jimmy Irwin, professor of physics and astronomy.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• The work on this neutron star merger builds on decades of astronomy research.
  — WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
• The next visit by Halley’s Comet could be one of the most observed and studied events in the history of astronomy.
  — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
• At the end of the 19th century, the Paris observatory was one of the world's great centers of astronomy.
  — H.j. McCracken, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
• The comet will be close to Mars roughly a week later, according to astronomy charts.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2023
• Learn astronomy, tour the buildings and then look through the 178-year-old telescope at the stars (weather permitting).
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2023
• Its star is about 1 million years old—a baby, in astronomy terms.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2022
• For those of us who don't remember astronomy, that means the moon will pass between the sun and the earth, completely blocking it.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
• What could be more fun than curling up on a blanket while gazing at the stars and learning fun facts about astronomy?
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022
• The spacecraft is expected to demonstrate a new form of astronomy, The New York Times reports.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021
• In 1973, the satellites finally let the astronomers in on the secret, and gamma-ray astronomy was born.
  — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 17 June 2022
• Perhaps that’s why Nevada launched their first official astronomy route: Park to Park in the Dark.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2023
• The Rubin Observatory will photograph the entire heavens every three days and will totally transform short-timescale astronomy, showing how stars evolve day to day.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
• This October, the astronomy world will be abuzz with night-sky happenings, from a bright and potentially naked-eye-visible comet sighting and a ring-of-fire solar eclipse to multiple meteor showers and Earth’s temporary second moon.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024