Synonyms for astronomy
əˈstrɒn ə mias·tron·o·my

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1. astronomy, uranologynoun

   the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

   Synonyms:
   uranology

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1. List of paraphrases for "astronomy":

   astronomical, astronomers

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1. John Mather:

   What comes next ? All the tools are working, better than we hoped and promised. Scientific observations, proposed years ago, are being made as we speak, we want to know : Where did we come from ? What happened after the big bang to make galaxies and stars and black holes ? We have predictions and guesses, but astronomy is an observational science, full of surprises.

2. Katey Alatalo:

   Our job is to make astronomy feel safe for victims of harassment, of course, we need to punish the harassers, but we're junior scientists -- we cannot punish them; we're not in a position of power to do that.

3. Subo Dong:

   Like many mysteries in astronomy, it may take years, if not decades, of observational and theoretical efforts to unravel it.

4. Plato:

   Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

5. E. W. Dijkstra:

   Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.