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"Astronomy compels the soul to look
upwards and leads us from this world to another”
Astronomy
" Astronomy
is a
natural science
that deals with the study of
celestial objects
(such as
stars ,
planets ,
comets ,
nebulae ,
star clusters
and
galaxies )
and
phenomena
that originate outside the
atmosphere of Earth
(such as
cosmic background radiation ).
It is concerned with the evolution,
physics ,
chemistry ,
meteorology ,
and
motion
of celestial objects, as well as the
formation and development of
the universe .Astronomy
is one of the oldest sciences. Prehistoric cultures left
behind astronomical artifacts such as the
Egyptian monuments ,
Nubian monuments
and
Stonehenge ,
and early civilizations such as the
Babylonians ,
Greeks ,
Chinese ,
Indians ,
Iranians
and
Maya
performed methodical observations of the
night sky .
However, the invention of the
telescope
was required before astronomy was able to develop into a
modern science. Historically, astronomy has included
disciplines as diverse as
astrometry ,
celestial navigation ,
observational astronomy, the making of
calendars ,
and
astrology ,
but professional astronomy is nowadays often considered
to be synonymous with
astrophysics ." Source:
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Mechanics:
Astrometry and
Celestial mechanics
Specific subfields of
Astronomy:
Solar ,
Planetary Science
and
Planetary Geology ,
Stellar ,
Galactic Astronomy ,
Extragalactic Astronomy ,
Physical Cosmology
Interdisciplinary
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Archaeoastronomy ,
Astrobiology ,
Astrochemistry ,
Amateur astronomy
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