Modified Mastering Astronomy with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Astronomy Today (9th Edition)
Modified Mastering Astronomy with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Astronomy Today (9th Edition)
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Author: Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan
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Chapter 1, Problem 1D
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The meaning of “the universe” as suggested by the astronomers.

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Astronomy is the study of the universe, and the astronomers are the scientists that work in the field of astronomy, that is, who studies the universe.

Now according to the astronomer, the universe is the collection of each of the thing that exists in the space, or it is the totality of all the space, time, matter, and energy.

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