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n. - A physicist who studies the science of celestial bodies.

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  • I can never remember ... you know, the thin astronomer?
  • One such amateur astronomer is Caroline Moore, who, at age 14, was the youngest person to ever discover a supernova.
  • Happily, Alfar's story of an obsessed woman trying to get the attention of the local astronomer is less convoluted and easy to follow than Marquez's story.
  • Per the unanswered ones, I? ll paraphrase astronomer Carl Sager who said?
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