Astronomy today has many practical applications. Launching satellites into orbit around our planet helps us with communication and weather forecasting. Studying other planets clues us in about potential problems that our own planet might face. Zero-gravity environments are handy for synthesizing certain medicines and other materials that are very useful here on earth. Exploring new energy sources in space could show us how to harness new types of energy that we could use to power our homes and cities. Eventually, asteroids, the moon, and even other planets could even provide us with Natural Resources that we could use in industry.
Modern Astronomy is the astronomy in which we actually started looking at celestial bodies up close. Today there is a lot going on about the information of astronomy. Galileo was the first modern astronomer, just an interesting fact to throw in!
Galileo Galilei
Copernicus (1473-1543) founder of modern astronomy.
The German Johannes Kepler and his laws of planetary motion is an important contribution to science and astronomy
Astronomy and astrology were the same thing before the modern era, because predictive and divinatory knowledge was one of the motivating factors for astronomical observation. Astronomy is simply the observation and measurement of celestial bodies, while astrology is an attempt to find some sort of "meaning" or "influence" in the planetary positions. The interesting thing is that astrology gave birth to astronomy. Oddly enough, considering that astrology has to do with planetary movements, astrologers no longer look at the sky, and haven't for hundreds of years.
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Modern Astronomy is the astronomy in which we actually started looking at celestial bodies up close. Today there is a lot going on about the information of astronomy. Galileo was the first modern astronomer, just an interesting fact to throw in!
Modern astronomy.
Edwin Hubble.
Who was the father of modern astronomy: JKepler and Newton. Who asserted that the Earth orbits around the Sun: Copernicus and Galileo.
David S. Evans has written: 'Frontiers of astronomy' 'Observation in modern astronomy'
D. Scott Birney has written: 'Modern astronomy' -- subject(s): Astronomy
The moon
Galileo was definitely a huge part of it.
the father of modern astronomy
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Edwin Hubble.