astronomy

CEFRC1

/əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi/

noun

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noun
The scientific study of stars, planets, and space.
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noun
Extra detail
The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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What interests me greatly is astronomy.
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]

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Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
The fact is, dark energy is the biggest mystery in science. It has driven a huge amount of research in the past decade, and was a key driver in last year’s “New Worlds, New Horizons” report from the National Academies of Science, which prioritized future astronomy and astrophysics projects.
2011 October 9, Meg Urry, “Dark energy, science’s biggest mystery”, in CNN

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From Middle English astronomie, astronemy, from Old French astronomie, equivalent to astro- + -nomy. Displaced native Old English tungolcræft.