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From the Ted Talk by Emily Levesque: A stellar history of modern astronomy

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This might snuod a little sad at first, this idea that we're removing people from stargazing. But in reality, our role as astronomers isn't dnprispaaeig, it's just moving. We've already seen how we do our jobs change. We've gone from phrcneig atop telescopes to sitting next to them to not even needing to go to them or send them commands at all. Where astronomers still shine is in asking questions and working with the data. Gathering data is only the first step. Analyzing it is where we can really apply what we know about the universe. haumn csuritioy is what makes us ask questions like: How big is the universe? How did it begin? How's it going to end? And are we alone? So this is the power that hamnus are still able to bring to astronomy.

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This might _____ a little sad at first, this idea that we're removing people from stargazing. But in reality, our role as astronomers isn't ____________, it's just moving. We've already seen how we do our jobs change. We've gone from ________ atop telescopes to sitting next to them to not even needing to go to them or send them commands at all. Where astronomers still shine is in asking questions and working with the data. Gathering data is only the first step. Analyzing it is where we can really apply what we know about the universe. _____ _________ is what makes us ask questions like: How big is the universe? How did it begin? How's it going to end? And are we alone? So this is the power that ______ are still able to bring to astronomy.

Solution


  1. human
  2. sound
  3. disappearing
  4. curiosity
  5. perching
  6. humans

Original Text


This might sound a little sad at first, this idea that we're removing people from stargazing. But in reality, our role as astronomers isn't disappearing, it's just moving. We've already seen how we do our jobs change. We've gone from perching atop telescopes to sitting next to them to not even needing to go to them or send them commands at all. Where astronomers still shine is in asking questions and working with the data. Gathering data is only the first step. Analyzing it is where we can really apply what we know about the universe. Human curiosity is what makes us ask questions like: How big is the universe? How did it begin? How's it going to end? And are we alone? So this is the power that humans are still able to bring to astronomy.

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