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Why is astronomy necessary?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Astronomy can confirm things that you can't see on earth due to gravity and the atmosphere - things like the absolute speed of light (light in a vacuum) or what is the sun made of? Informaiton about other places often tells us about our own home.

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