astronomy – a fascinating field of science

As the case may be with what you regard to be the beginning of science, astronomy might be the oldest science that can be thought of – for milleniums human beings have been gazing in the starry sky and trying to figure out what is behind it. Since those beginnings great achievements have been made and today we know very much about the stars and planets. the overwhelming fast achievements in techonology in the last decades and the computing power in the hand of the average joe have made astronomy accesible for everyone.

Today we know much about the universe and space and it’s objects (for example Supernovae).

Imagine – it is much easier to learn about astronomy for everyone. You don’t have to be a top expert scientest to see into the universe. There are a lot of very good computer programs and relatively cheap beginners equipment that enable everyone to deepen the knowledge about our universe (e.g. Stellarium – an open source planetarium. Many of tose resources are very affordable and quite a lot software products are even available for free.

But even if you are not interested in the science behind it, there is so much beauty in some of those pictures. The colorful structures and objects seen on those pictures fascinate almost anyone who is confronted with them for the first time. Some of the best pictures can be found here: Pictures of earth from space

Discover the the variety of astronomy, which is both – a science and a hobby. It can give you the joy of watching pictures almost like art or it can give your brain the task to apply math with all tricks the science supplies.