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Astronomy. Astro – star, nomy - a specified area of knowledge, therefore, astronomy – a branch of science studying space and celestial objects.

And then there is Astrology, where logy “denotes a subject of study or interest”.

So what’s the difference between the two?

Simply - the second is full of crap.

It claims that the position of stars for some reason influences your mood.

No Tiffany, that’s not an excuse for your bitchy attitude.

In fact, there are quite a few words ending in -logy that are pseudosciences.

If you see or hear them in a conversation, ignore it.

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Back to real science.

A branch of astronomy is cosmology – cosm from cosmos.

It studies the origins of the universe, the Big Bang, and its future.

The term “cosmonaut” however, has nothing to do with it.

It’s just the soviet version of “astronaut”.

And that shouldn’t be confused with the word “astronomer” – a scientist in the field of astronomy.

Next up comes Astrophysics.

And guess what it’s about.

Yeap, the physical properties of stars, galaxies, planets, black holes and the rest of the circus.

The line between astrophysics and astronomy is pretty blurry since scientists are the one that came up with those names, and we know how it goes.

After this we have Observational Astronomy, which has further subdivisions that are concerned with, well, observation, but in different wavelengths.

Radio astronomy studies cold objects such as gas clouds, the cosmic microwave background radiation and pulsars.

Infrared astronomy usually concerns itself with objects colder than stars, such as planets.

Optical astronomy uses the light the human eye can see, and thus can analyze chemical compositions of stars and galaxies.

The last remaining branches study only the very energetic processes such as supernovas, magnetars, black holes and binary pulsars.

Oh – I wonder what this is about.

You guessed it, it’s the study of the abundance and reactions of molecules in the Universe.

But don’t confuse it with cosmochemistry, that is mainly concerned with the objects contained within the Solar System.

Through spectroscopy, astrochemists can infer the elemental abundances and temperatures of stars and interstellar clouds based on the absorption and emission of light from molecules and atoms.

Astrobiology.

It studies Schopenhauer’s take on the ethical significance of tragedy.

Fine. It’s about aliens and the origin of life.

Is it common in the universe?

How could we detect it?

Where could we find it?

Should we even find it?

Fun fact, this is a golden plaque that we have attached on the Pioneer 10 space probe, in case any alien finds it.

This way, they know which way to send gifts for humanity.

Another interesting concept is Panspermia – the hypothesis that life on Earth originated from microorganisms that arrived through asteroids and space dust from different planets.

And now time for some fun facts.

In 840AD the Emperor of Bavaria freaked out and died when he saw a sun eclipse for the first time.

It takes 225 million years for our Solar System to travel around the galaxy – last time the sun was at the current position, the early dinosaurs just started appearing.

Your anus spins tilted on its side, resulting in seasons lasting 42 Earth years.

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Literally larger and older than you can comprehend.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “All of Astronomy in 6 minutes”. Las palabras que más se repiten: astronomy, star, website, sciencephiletheai, squarespace. Este vídeo tiene 61 frases y 797 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:45. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 139 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
astronomy sustantivo	/əˈstɹɑ.nə.mi/	astronomía
astrophysics sustantivo	/ˌæs.tɹoʊˈfɪz.ɪks/	astrofísica
pulsar sustantivo		púlsar
molecule sustantivo	/ˈmɑ.lɪ.kjul/	molécula
abundance sustantivo	/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/	abastanza (desus.), abundancia
astrochemist sustantivo		astroquímico, astroquímica
astronomer sustantivo	/əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/	astrónomo, astrónoma
blurry adjetivo	/ˈblɜːɹi/	borroso, desenfocado
cosmochemistry sustantivo		cosmoquímica
cosmology sustantivo	/kɑzˈmɑləd͡ʒi/	cosmología
cosmonaut sustantivo	/ˈkɑz.məˌnɔt/	cosmonauta
denote verbo	/dɪˈnoʊt/	señalar, denotar
elemental adjetivo	/(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəl/	elemental
interstellar adjetivo		interestelar
magnetar sustantivo		magnetar, magnetoestrella

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
get off verbo	bajarse
come up with verbo	ingeniar, ingeniarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

How could we detect it?
Where could we find it?
Should we even find it?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	have attached · you've missed
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	have is answered · can be found

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, shouldn't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “th”: wavelength /ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ/, hypothesis /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/, ethical /ˈɛθɪkəl/
Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: subdivision /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/, absorption /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: astronomy /əˈstɹɑ.nə.mi/, astrophysics /ˌæs.tɹoʊˈfɪz.ɪks/, astronomer /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/, cosmology /kɑzˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, elemental /(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spectroscopy /spɛkˈtɹɒs.kə.piː/, specify /ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪ/, sponsor /ˈspɒn.səː/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: supernova /ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.və/, wavelength /ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ/, subdivision /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: astrophysics /ˌæs.tɹoʊˈfɪz.ɪks/, cosmology /kɑzˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, cosmonaut /ˈkɑz.məˌnɔt/, microorganism /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.m̩/, cosmos /ˈkɑzməs/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como astronomy, astrophysics, pulsar.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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