There are many, many answers to this question, and I'm quite certain that if this question were asked of 1,000 different people you would receive 1,000 DIFFERENT answers. But personally I'd like astronomy to DEFINITIVELY answer MY one burning question. IS THERE INTELLIGENT LIFE ELSEWHERE IN OUR OWN MILKY WAY GALAXY ??? Now to some this might seem like an odd question, but I"m an amateur astronomer and I"m certain that if intelligent life were proven in our own backyard, then intelligent life would surely abound throughout the universe. Our galaxy is 100,000 light years across and our universe is over 15 billion years old. So if there no other intelligent life out there, man o' man what an ENORMOUS. WASTE of space. Remember, "Keep looking up. :)
#1). How to detect and characterize dark matter and dark energy.
#2). Identify and categorize enough extrasolar planets to construct a
high-confidence generic theory of planet formation.
#3). Why is Prof. Buffington assigning that curvy post-doc to assist him
in so many real-time protocols at the observatory ?
There is no reason you 'should' care about astronomy, and you can live yourentire life perfectly well without ever even knowing what astronomy is. But ifyou're curious at all, and you ever wonder about anything you see in the skyat night, then astronomy is the way to go, to get answers to your questions.
became is good for us
Retrograde motion important in astronomy because it helped to explain that the planets revolved around the Sun. Retrograde motion is the ability of some objects to rotate in a direction that is opposite what is expected.
because you can learn astronomy and science.... what else would it say... dumb @@@
The mapping of the stars, or astronomy, created solid documentation that allowed those who traveled the seas to identify whether they were on the correct path or not.
It is very important
maths is important in astronomy algibra and trigonometry
You left out the single most important element of the question. Questions are not presented here as chat threads. Every question has to have enough information for anyone to attempt an answer.
Astronomy answers questions about stars and galaxies and the universe, and black holes, quasars, super novas, and so forth.
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Objects in space and the means to study them.
Astronomy, Geology, Oceanography, and Meteorology.
Man has a special gift...curiosity . From early ages, man has been curious about everything around him, the origin of everything around him. Man had questions like what is moon, sun, those twinkling lights in the sky..how is our earth, etc. Astronomy developed as slowly slowly man started answering such questions. Today the use of astronomy is to answer many unanswered questions like where did we all come from, and is it the end?
Stars are the sources of light. If they did not emit light, there would be no stars and thus no astronomy.
There is no reason you 'should' care about astronomy, and you can live yourentire life perfectly well without ever even knowing what astronomy is. But ifyou're curious at all, and you ever wonder about anything you see in the skyat night, then astronomy is the way to go, to get answers to your questions.
Babylonians
Galileo and Ptolemy