astronomer
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə//
- Canada//əˈstɹɑ.nə.mɚ//
- Australia//əˈstɹɔn.ə.mə//
One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
noun
- 1
One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
At the observatory on Mauna Kea on Hawaii, a young astronomer, Heidi Hammel, focuses a huge telescope on the remote planet.
Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.
But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.
Etymology
From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy + -er. Displaced native Old English tungolcræftiga.
Forms
- plural
- astronomers
astronomer · One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
astronomical · Of or relating to astronomy.astronomy · The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's…asylum · A place of safety or refuge.