noun
astronomy
CEFR B2
the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
In a sentence
Six example sentences with astronomy, each labelled with its topic.
Long before telescopes, Babylonian scribes practiced astronomy by recording where each planet rose above the horizon every night.
History
She got into astronomy through her camera, stacking hundreds of exposures until the spiral arms of Andromeda appeared.
Photography
The novel's narrator abandons law for astronomy, filling notebooks with the drift of comets rather than case citations.
Literature
Kant wrote that astronomy, with its starry heavens, filled him with the same awe as the moral law within.
Philosophy
Amateur astronomy changed when cheap cameras replaced eyepieces, and a backyard scope now records what only observatories once saw.
Technology
Chile's Atacama desert draws astronomy tourists, who ride out at midnight to see the Milky Way cast shadows.
Travel
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