A decisive step was taken in the seventeenth century by Johannus Kepler in Germany, a renowned mathematician, the founding father of modern astronomy. Protestant of confession and thus little concerned…
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In China, the greatest astronomer of the Middle Kingdom was Tcheou Kong, the brother of Emperor Wou Wang who lived in the eleventh century before our era. He built an…
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Astronomy is learned during the last years of university but it often takes more than 5 years of study to become an astronomer. It is even insufficient because astronomy is…
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If you want to teach astronomy, astronautics or sciences in general, if you like contact with the public or students, if you want to present science programs on television or…
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Often passionate about astronomy, he is an academic specialized in electronics, optics, chemistry, biology, computer science, etc. Astrobiologists, for example, can assess whether life is possible on some very cold…
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It is called “astronaut” in Europe and “cosmonaut” in Russia but these words mean the same thing. The job of astronaut is certainly the most dreaming of young people and…
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They tries to understand the universe, how planets, stars and galaxies are formed; analyzes the light of variable stars or quasars; searches for planets outside the solar system or black…