Elements of the Universe: aster, astro (star)

Astronomy has been a part of Hawaiian heritage since Polynesian sailors reached the islands more than 1,000 years ago, navigating by the stars. Nature (Aug 3, 2015)

Health care costs were astronomical and continuing to escalate. Washington Post (Jul 8, 2015)

Quick primer: Unlike the 12 zodiac signs in Western astrology that correspond to the month of your birth, Chinese zodiac signs are instead assigned to the year. Los Angeles Times (Jan 30, 2019)

An astronomer interested in Einstein’s theory because of its wide-ranging implications for astrophysics and cosmology, Eddington took on the task of proving it. Nature (Apr 14, 2019)

This field of astrobiology is a field of people who think about life on other planets. The New Yorker (Jul 8, 2019)

Astronauts have been growing crops in space for years for research, but this is the first time they have been allowed to eat their produce. BBC (Aug 10, 2015)

Space is a dusty place, rich with particles expelled by supernovas and shed from planets, asteroids and comets. Scientific American (Aug 14, 2019)

The magazine was printed somewhere in Maine and full of stenciled poems and descriptive paragraphs separated from each other by asterisks. The Bell Jar

Undeterred, Richards plots a course directly into the “cosmic storm area,” subjecting his fellow travelers to an astral bombardment that sends the ship plummeting back to Earth. Slate (Aug 10, 2015)

The vessel’s astrolabe , an instrument used for navigation before the sextant was developed, is included among the artifacts. Washington Times (Jul 1, 2018)