Astronomy Articles

Learning about astronomy is one of the most interesting and fascinating scientific adventures one can undertake. While there are surely amazing sights to behold on our earth and in our oceans, nothing compares to the immense, magnificent beauty that is out there in the sky. While the glorious universe full of beautiful stars and amazing planets seems like it would be hard to learn about, nothing could be further from the truth. There are all manners of resources available to anybody interested in astronomy, from magazines devoted to astronomy to astronomy articles and books that are so numerous they rival the stars themselves in "scope" (sorry about the pun).

Two major magazines devoted to astronomy articles are "Astronomy Magazine" and "Sky and Telescope". These magazines offer beautiful, breathtaking pictures of outer space, and the astronomy articles also inform us about the many nuances of these complex celestial bodies. If you are completely ignorant of anything having to do with stars and how they work, or if you just don't want to pay for a magazine, there are many astronomy articles available on the internet, free of charge. For a novice, a good idea is to read a few introductory astronomy articles that will help give you a grasp on the differences between the constellations, stars, galaxies, and planets.

Books are also wonderful when one is looking for astronomy articles. Go to any local bookstore and you'll see an astronomy section chock-full of information you never even knew existed. Once you gain a basic understanding of astronomy and fall in love with the subject, you may be revisiting this shelf weekly as your appreciation of this beautiful field of science grows into an obsession.

The wonderful thing about astronomy is that, whether you are an expert or a novice, you can go outside at any time of night and see the stars for yourself. The night sky means different things to different people, and it doesn't take a masters degree in astrophysics to appreciate the sheer beauty of the cosmos. One thing is certain, though. The more you know about this complex and exciting science, the more you will appreciate just how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. Astronomy unites us all. All of us, no matter where we are on Earth, see the moon, the planets, and the constellations. While we may see different ones, depending on our hemispheres, astronomy is one of the last things that we as humans can truly share.

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