astronomy

     

Astronomy (from the Greek wors astro(αστέρι) = star and nomos(νόμος) = law) is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the 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.

Trivia about astronomy

  • The Dogon supposedly have remarkable knowledge in this field, including the existence of Sirius B
  • Carl Sagan & his "Cosmos" series were credited with creating a renewed interest in this hobby
  • Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Urania, muse of this science!
  • Calling all stargazers: 2009 is the International Year of this science
  • From 1594 to 1600 Johannes Kepler held the chair of this & mathematics at the University of Graz
  • Jack Horkheimer, who passed away in 2010, was the longtime host of PBS' "Star Gazer", devoted to naked-eye this
  • Reaching for the stars, in 1865 Maria Mitchell became Vassar's first professor of this science
  • Uranology is an old term for this science
  • Urania, the muse of this science, is sometimes shown wearing a cloak embroidered with stars
  • Info on the Aurora Australis & eclipses are included in this section of the World Almanac
  • Hertzsprung-Russell, or HR, diagrams are used in, & named for 2 men in, this scientific field
  • Urania is usually described as the muse of this science

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