Stars, Planets, Black Holes or what?
I personally like the theories that goes with it because they can be very out there and makes me think very deep.
What do you like the most about astronomy?
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2006-12-08 13:33:19 · 11 answers · asked by Sean 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It's all so big and complicated, but not when you're just looking at it. When you're just looking at it, it's just beautiful and majectic and eternal. It's the joy of knowing when you look up at a star and knowing those photons traveled millions and millions of years, just for you and no one else. And to think, you'd have missed out on it if you hadn't just looked up.
We're all trying to figure out why this is and how that works, but it's all out there and it works, weather we understand it all or not. And we've always been looking and we've always been curious, and if there is a God who really does love us, we always will be and we'll never know.
The greatest joy is from not knowing. If there is a god, I don't envy it.
2006-12-08 13:39:36 · answer #1 · answered by socialdeevolution 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the most exciting and interesting subject in astronomy is Astrobiology. For many years, even decades, we had harbored that life was fragile, could only exist in certain conditions. Since then, we have found organisms that exist in very extreme conditions, in both extreme hot and extreme cold ecosystems. We have also started to think outside the box. Life does not have to evolve based upon carbon. It could very well evolve and be based on silicone or some other element.
The discoveries in the field of Astronomy should have rewritten textbooks every couple of years. Many scientists have had to go back to the drawing board in planetary and solar system formation. Who would ever think that instead of the universe expansion is slowing down, that it is actually accelerating?
These are definately exciting times for astronomy...
2006-12-08 16:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm just in love with planetary astronomy. It is our future. We should know a lot about the nearby planets, especially if we might live there some distant day.
2006-12-08 16:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The scientific study of deflecting or altering the course or destroying killer asteroids and comets on a collision course with earth. I don't know if there's a name for that but I saw a whole one hour program on it. That could actually come in quite handy if they finally perfect the science.
2006-12-08 14:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I definately enjoy the physics of astronomy, not to mention the countless hours with the scope.
2006-12-08 14:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by Texan Pete 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love seein the look on another person's face who is looking through a decent scope with dark skies for the first time.
2006-12-08 14:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put simply, It never ends there is so much out there and so much to learn, the possibility's are endless, I love everything about astronomy/astrophysics.
2006-12-08 14:14:53 · answer #7 · answered by matt v 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cosmology bro', that's the good stuff. When we get all the answers there we'll have the whole enchilada.
2006-12-08 14:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my favorite part of astronomy....learning
answering these questions and learning how people perceive the universe around us.
2006-12-08 14:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just love the stars. I love stargazing with my friends. It's really amazing when you think about it. How stars really shine, and all the constellations. It's amazing that in the entire sky, there's only on star that doesn't move so it's that noticable, Polaris.
2006-12-08 13:45:25 · answer #10 · answered by polaris grl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
features of the universe that cannot be readily seen or understood
2006-12-08 13:42:29 · answer #11 · answered by CALLIE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋