As the case may be with what you deem to be science, astronomy might be the oldest science we know - for milleniums human beings have been gazing in the starry sky and trying to figure out what is behind it. Since then big accomplishments have been made and today we know very much about our universe. the overwhelming fast achievements in techonology in the last century and the computing power in the hand of the average joe have made astronomy accesible for everyone.

There is much knowledge now about the universe and space and it’s objects (for example Black Dwarfs).

But not only that - it has become a lot easier to learn about astronomy for everyone. You don’t need to be a scientist yourself to see into the universe. There are a lot of very good software projects and relatively cheap beginners equipment that enable everyone to deepen the knowledge about our universe (e.g. Microsoft World Wide Telescope. 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 structures and colors seen on those pictures fascinate almost anyone who is confronted with them for the first time. Some of the best photographs can be found here: Astronomy Calendar 2010

Experience the the miscellaneousness of astronomy, which is both - hobby and science. It can give you the joy of watching pictures almost like art or you can use it to train your brain with the math behind it.

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