astrophysicist

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies

Word Origin

astrophysicist (n.)
1869, usually hyphenated at first, from astro- + physicist. Astrophysics is recorded from 1877.

Example

1. " It 's bang-on , " says astrophysicist and nobel laureate joseph taylor of princeton university .
2. Last week , the astrophysicist martin rees was awarded the templeton prize , which aims to promote religion .
3. The esteemed astrophysicist stephen hawking has assured us that even the biggest and baddest black holes will just evaporate away .
4. " It 's a trailblazing result , " says astrophysicist sara seager of the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge .
5. Astrophysicist paul green , with the harvard-smithsonian center for astrophysics , says prevailing theories suggest galaxies and black holes formed synchronously .

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