Hi guys! I love astronomy and I'd love to become an astronomer but am actually really confused on what it takes and what I should do to get there. If anybody could give me some tips I'd appreciate it. |
40660 - | | |   40706 -  Reply from I75 (Greece) - 2023-12-30
| | Well I'm not sure myself but I think that you have to study physics in a university and then choose astronomy? Or something like that I'm not really sure I'm sorry. |
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Hello, I think that being astronomer is very hard and scary. because exploring cold, dark space is very scary and testing machines and exhausting. And what do you think about it? |
Hey there..!!I'm Arthur from SL. And My future is engaged with Theoretical physics and philosophy..Wanna be a theoretical physicist and philosopher of oxford university, and need your help to catch my goal... In the astronomy ,It give basic idea about the universe,but we can't guess it's like so ,not only that Some theories what stay on now will be wrong 'cause the universe show a cycle path anytime always...what 's on your mind about that?? |
Hi!! Do you know any movies about astronomy/astrophysics like Interstellar? If so, can you give me some please, I would love to watch them! Ty! |
My dream was to become an astronomer and I studied it well. I did an astronautical test and joined the NASA! You can ask any question if you are new to astronomy or need help. I'm lucky to join the NASA even in the age of 10 years. |
39727 - | | | 39798 -  Reply from Thihansa157 , 12 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2021-05-17
| | Omg! You real? It's awesome! Can you help me, please? |
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39727 - | | | 39778 - Reply from Tahsin52 (Bangladesh) - 2021-05-11
| | Wait, what? How is that possible? Will anybody please explain about it? |
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39727 - | | | 39728 - Reply from Zoey255 , 11 yrs (USA) - 2021-04-27
| | WAIT WHAT???!!! I don't think that's possible. |
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Hello there, I'm thinking about a way to learn astronomy from the beginning, but sadly in Sri Lanka, we can't learn astronomy as a subject in school. Do you have any idea about how can I learn it? If you have any ideas, please let me know! I'll be grateful for that :) Please help me................ |
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39630 - | | | 39797 - Reply from Tahsin187 , 14 yrs (Bangladesh) - 2021-05-16
| Yeah, you are right, Alejandra. Khan Academy's courses are really so helpful!
But, to be honest, they are not enough to have a basic knowledge about astronomy! Astronomy is really so so so hard, but don't give up! It is also so a wonderful and beautiful one! The reason is that our Universe is so beautiful!
Okay, You can watch the TV series Cosmos by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He is a very famous astrophysicist in the world. You can see there how wonderfully he explained about the universe and other things there. Even, sometimes you talked about Evolution, Microbiology, etc. If you watch the whole series, I am sure that you will be able to understand something about our universe. I am not gonna say that you will learn everything, Nah, it's not.
Besides, you can read some books, "Schaum's Outlines of astronomy" and "Mathematics of Astronomy". You will find lots of mathematical terms here in these books. And also there are lots of Math problems there. I hope you will like this. If you follow these things I hope you will have a beginner knowledge about Astronomy. Have a nice day! |
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39630 - | | | 39663 - Reply from Alejandra184 , 14 yrs (USA) - 2021-04-13
| | Hello! I saw your post about learning astronomy, and I want to try to help! Do you have Kahn academy online in Sri Lanka? It's a free educational program that has many lessons on a huge variety of subjects! they have an astronomy course as well as mathematics, physics, etc (good for if you're interested in astrophysics). Hope that helped a little bit! I can also try to brainstorm more ideas as well. |
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I know A LOT about Astronomy. I love stargazing, and I hope to see Saturn one day. I sent my name to the Mars program, and I hope it gets there. I think people will be on Mars sooner than we think! I think we might be there by 2050. I have a theory about aliens: Why do most Astronomers and Scientists think that they need to look for a planet LIKE ours? Aliens could live on other planets. They don't necessarily NEED the same things humans do. There could be life on ANY planet, not just a "Goldilocks Zone" Planet. |
39553 - | | | 40218 - Reply from Hayden136 , 14 yrs (USA) - 2022-03-08
| | The reason is that’s the best we got when searching for life. We have no idea what organisms outside of earth could be like so it’s just a random guess that they need the things we need. |
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39553 - | | | 39909 - Reply from Yashoda231 , 18 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2021-07-14
| | I think you are right and I also sent my name to the Mars |
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39553 - | | | 39584 - Reply from Thihansa231 , 12 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2021-03-26
| | Yes! You are correct! There can be many different organisms than us. |
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39553 - | | | 39583 - Reply from Zoey12 , 11 yrs (USA) - 2021-03-26
| | I know! And your right too! There could be microscopic aliens too! |
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39553 - | | | 39555 - Reply from Nicolas209 (France) - 2021-03-19
| | I think you are totally right about aliens. Even if we cannot see them with our eyes. |
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 If someone know how to become research scientist in sri lanka let me know...i already search but i do not know find any steps to be followed to become research scientist...universe is a marvelous creation...do u belive about aliens? i believed.... |
39380 - | | | 40742 - Reply from Rose F.153 , 13 yrs (Great Britain) - 2024-03-29
| | I still believe in aliens! There are multiple more galaxies, other planets in them, so it’s logical to think that one of those planets are in the habitable zone! |
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Hi! I am very intressted in astronomy, especially Juppiters moon Callisto and the Mars. I´m so expectant on the data from Perseverance. Do you think humans could live on mars one day? I guess so. And what do you think about aliens? I think that is unlikely that there is life in our vicinity. And if that is case, it is probably a very simple life. |
39325 - | | | 39397 - Reply from Jacqueline137 , 15 yrs (USA) - 2021-02-20
|  Valid theory. Only time will tell, though. |
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39325 - | | | 39395 - Reply from Nicolas152 (France) - 2021-02-20
| Yes, but probably in our Milky Way galaxy too, because we know now we have more than 1000 billion stars in our galaxy, so probably 10,000 billion planets and far more moons.
Also, if you consider we have about 100 moons in our solar system, then we have a total of 100,000,000,000,000 planets & moons just in our galaxy.
So if you can find life in just 1 planet among 1 million, then it means we still have 100,000,000 planets or moons having life. Well, in most cases, life will look like bacteria, but why not 100,000 planets with intelligent life?
But probably far more, because life is supposed to appear everywhere. Recently, scientists told that our neighbour VENUS may have microscopic life in her atmosphere (but not on the floor). |
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39325 - | | | 39394 - Reply from Jacqueline137 , 15 yrs (USA) - 2021-02-20
| The concept of colonizing the Solar System is intriguing, to say the least. Granted, I am much more of an O'Neill Cylinder or Bernal Sphere kind of person when it comes to space colonization due to the relative convenience, but planets are obviously really cool too.
I also agree with you on the extraterrestrial life point, too. They're probably really far away from us, maybe even in a different galaxy altogether. |
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I want to discuss possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox. My theory is that aliens are currently all at a relatively early stage of technological development, or maybe they are intentionally staying quiet, so as to not accidentally broadcast the location of their home system to a hostile species, or maybe they have more advanced communication technologies than we do, and SETI is essentially trying to text them with a typewriter. Those are my three main theories, feel free to leave your own solutions in the replies. |
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38822 - | | | 39190 - Reply from Raya243 , 9 yrs (Indonesia) - 2020-12-31
| Wow! you also think about the fermi paradox? in my opinion, maybe there is other life outside the earth. but do they have the same senses? for example, do they have eyes? can think? and are they really that smart?
in my opinion, not all living things have extraordinary intelligence like humans. and they may never have thought there was other life either so they never search or explore the heavens.
and if they really have sophisticated tools, what are the ingredients made of?
they could only be in the form of animals, or plants (hehehe)
and it may take them years to be found.
maybe they're outside the solar system
or maybe in another galaxy
I wish there might be alienTwT
and Voyager 1 and 2 have not passed that, Voyager 2 distance to earth has reached 17 billion km on November 5, 2018. and the journey lasted 40 years. |
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Hello, how are you? My name is Vidal, it was to tell you that if we could speak for a penpal it is for my English classes to see if you can help me get my class grade |
37872 - | | | 39558 - Reply from Gwen145 (Ghana) - 2021-03-19
| | Hello |
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37872 - | | | 39191 - Reply from Raya243 , 9 yrs (Indonesia) - 2020-12-31
| | hi! |
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37872 - | | | 38008 - Reply from Berry226 , 12 yrs (USA) - 2020-07-10
| | Hey! |
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Que pensez-vous sur l'évolution du métier dans les années à venir ?
A mon avis, je pense que ça nous aidera pour les voyages interplanétaire, à la découvertes de nouvelle planète comme mars et pour les voyage en vitesse lumière. |
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37386 - | | | 37491 - Reply from NP17 (France) - 2020-03-19
| C'est sûr qu'avant d'envisager de s'installer sur une autre planète, il faut l'étudier, donc il faut l'observer. Les meilleurs observatoires sur Terre possèdent évidemment les plus grand télescopes. L'atmosphère présente sur Terre déforme l'image (diffraction), mais aujourd'hui, l'électronique corrige bien l'image. Mais l'idéal reste l'espace, loin de toute pollution atmosphérique et lumineuse. Donc, le télescope idéal se situe soit en orbite autour de la Terre, soit sur la Lune (un des rares astres qui ne possède aucune atmosphère). Mais je te rassure, pas besoin d'être sur place ! ces gros engins peuvent être pilotés à distance. Donc un astronome n'est pas un astronaute, mais plutôt un astro-physicien ultra-passionné par les insondables mystères de l'univers...
Je précise qu'un astro-physicien est un chercheur qui possède un doctorat (Bac +8). Sinon, tu peux aussi être un astronome amateur, et là, aucun diplôme n'est requis. |
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A votre avis quel sont les qualités qu'il faut avoir pour exercé le métier d'astronome ?
A mon avis, il faut avoir un minimum de logique dans ses propos et connaître les bases de l'astronomie |
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37382 - | | | 37492 - Reply from NP17 (France) - 2020-03-19
| Les bases de l'astronomie, oui évidemment, mais si tu entends par là localiser et reconnaitre les différentes constellations dans le ciel, les télescopes d'aujourd'hui font la recherche à ta place (pour peu qu'ils soient correctement installés), grâce au système GOTO. Tu lui demandes une planète ou une galaxie précise, et le télescope s'oriente automatiquement grâce à 2 petits moteurs.
La 1ere qualité, à mon avis, de ressentir en soi la passion sans limite. Ensuite, je dirais : patience (attendre que le ciel se dégage), persévérance (1000 tentatives avant de parvenir à un résultat), intuition... Il faut aussi ne pas être frileux, car beaucoup d'observations se font en hiver, et ça se passe toujours à l'extérieur. |
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A votre avis quels sont les aspect positif et négatif du métier d'astronome ?
Pour l'aspect positif, je pense que il faut connaître les bases de l'astronomie et avoir un minimum de logique et pour l'aspect négatif, je pense que il faut de bonne condition météorologique pour travailler. |
 Hello, my name is Anabeth from South Korea.
I want to be astronomer and I like astronomy, science, and math too.
I bet you want to become astronomer!
Especially, I want to be astronomy professor in University. |
37298 - | | | 37305 - Reply from angie163 , 20 yrs (USA) - 2020-02-22
| | Hello from an international student of Somerset Community College. Here I am studying for Bachelor of Administration. Obviously, Somerset Community College is the best university for international students. Here all students have the opportunity to study in a comfortable learning environmnet. Also, on Free-Apply you can find all information about Somerset Community College. I highly recommend it to you. |
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Hi, I have been trained,and I want to become a spy. I learned I am ready.
Thank you for your time,
Victoria O'Connell |
33986 - | | | 36569 - Reply from salomé98 , 14 yrs (Reunion) - 2019-04-19
| | hello my name is salomé and i lived réunion island |
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Hello I am Alaa from Iraq, I want to identify the country and the exchange of information with you, are you interested in? And I'll tell you everything about Iraq and the history of Iraq wonderful. |
31266 - | | | 36334 - Reply from Vikas37 (India) - 2019-01-09
| | I'm interested!! |
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31266 - | | | 32185 - Reply from junior66 , 13 yrs (Ivory Coast) - 2016-05-20
| | agree to exchange |
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There's such a marvellous world outside our little Earth! Astronomy interests me so much because it's full of mysteries and today we have technologies to help us, so the results are increasingly surprising! I'm most interested in stars and objects like black holes and neutron stars, but also in searching habitable planets. I've just bought a little telescope (Omegon refracting telescope 90/1000 EQ-2) but I haven't learned how to use it well yet. It's a bit difficult... At the moment I've seen only the Moon and the double stars Mizar and Alcor. Is there someone which could help me or just talk about Astronomy? Feel free to answer! |
30665 - | | | 34495 - Reply from gayasha135 , 14 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2017-07-21
| | I love astronomy very much. |
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30665 - | | | 34313 - Reply from Jen87 , 13 yrs (USA) - 2017-06-11
| | I love astronomy as well! The conundrums of space are so interesting and vast. There are a giant areas of unexplored topics that should be pursued. That's why I would like to become an astronomer when I'm older. C: |
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30665 - | | | 33181 - Reply from Sasha140 , 11 yrs (Great Britain) - 2016-11-27
| | Yeah, I love astronomy too. |
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30665 - | | | 32046 - Reply from Lea154 , 12 yrs (Germany) - 2016-04-24
| | I love Astronomie realy much too. Would anyone talk about? |
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30665 - | | | 31046 - Reply from piyumi134 , 14 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2015-11-11
| | i am interest research planet .and i like know about more facts for planets and space.it is marvoulous.and my dream is it.i like fine plant habitat and alince |
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30665 - | | | 30957 - Reply from Sherin208 (USA) - 2015-10-28
| Hey !
I love astronomy too. I love to learn about the constellations , galaxies, planets, exoplanets, black holes...
I would love to help you and learn things about astronomy from you too. |
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30665 - | | | 30755 - Reply from Daniella36 , 17 yrs (Philippines) - 2015-09-15
| | I would love to talk about astronomy with you! The universe interests me. I like how for us, the Earth is an already big place that can't be travel around within a day, but then there's Jupiter, Saturn, and other planets bigger than ours that's so far away... And gosh! The universe is fascinating alright. |
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does anyone know about Nemesis theory ? |
28585 - | | | 38467 - Reply from Emily239 , 16 yrs (France) - 2020-11-07
| | I've heard about it... I wonder if it's possible |
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If there is one thing I love about being an astronomer, its researching extraterrestrials. I can't be the only one, I mean, PHOENIX LIGHTS! |
27413 - | | | 34314 - Reply from Jen87 , 13 yrs (USA) - 2017-06-11
| | Definitely! That's one of the main reasons i pursue astronomy! |
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27413 - | | | 32186 - Reply from junior66 (Ivory Coast) - 2016-05-20
| | yes i want |
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I have always loved astronomy, since i was 4years old I knew i wanted to work as an astronome. I have never give up my dream and in September i'll enter an engineering school in aerospatial, then i'll work as hard as i can to become an Astromer (or maybe an astrophysicien, i'll see). So if you wanna talk, don't hesitate. :)
See ya !
Ines |
26501 - | | | 31174 - Reply from Erlina79 , 17 yrs (Indonesia) - 2015-12-02
| | Hi! I very interested everything about Astronomy, like galaxy, star, planets, Black hole etc. But I'm not good in physics. Would you learn me about astronomy or we can share everything about astronomy. |
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26501 - | | | 26927 - Reply from sijia139 (China) - 2014-08-25
| | I love sky.I love the planets.I'm interested in watching planets. |
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Hey! I'm Indrachapa. 13 years old teenager from Sri Lanka. I'm interested in astronomy and my dream is to be an astronomy. Do you know the address of NASA? I want to write a letter to them. Please..... If you know, reply to this message. |
An astronomer would be awesome |
 Hello! I am 14 yr. old girl from Finland. I love to watch stars at night, I know alot of space. I haven't seen yet any nebula, but soon I will because Ii'm going to get a telescope. I would like to talk with someone about science. |
22395 - | | | 28584 - Reply from Lucas220 , 17 yrs (Brazil) - 2015-04-27
| | what do you wanna talk about ? |
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22395 - | | | 26105 - Reply from Rohan163 , 20 yrs (India) - 2014-04-08
| | I am dreaming to live in 0 gravity. |
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I want a girl only. 12yrs girl for my penpal who likes astronomy. I usually observe the sky at night and I can recognize many stars such as Orion, Canis major, Taures, Pleiades, Ursa minor, Leo, Scorpiau, Libra. I also have seen venus at many times. I usually send letters to NASA and get lot of information. I like to share it with you!! Please e-mail me to www.mediwaka@gmail.com or SOTW mail me to 940909. Bye!!! |
21733 - | | | 32295 - Reply from Sara Rizwan228 , 14 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2016-06-09
| | Dear friend, me too interested in astronomy a lot. And my ambition is to be an Astronaut. So if you are sending letter to NASA frequently could you please provide me with the email address as well as the snail mail too. And can I know that did you get any reply from them? What is your ambition? Please if u wish u can send me through my email |
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Hai I am Awradh!! i am 13 years old!! but i know much about the space!!
and i used to watch latest news about the Space!! really i am very interested to study about the Universe, Space,Stars,Planets.,, Comets,And the other celestial bodies. My hobby too is that!!!!! my ambition is to be a astronomist>>>>> |
21180 - | | | 26585 - Reply from Jasmine104 , 16 yrs (USA) - 2014-06-27
| | Hey my name is Jasmine. I would like to talk to you more about space. Feel free to message me for my email and we can chat:) |
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 Astronomers are so cool!!!!! |
Hi I'm Jenny. I am a massive physics nerd. I want to be a physicist or astronomer. I love quantum physics, theoretical physics. Just physics. Brian cox, Stephen hawking and Patrick Moore are legends! To be honest all my friends find physics way too confusing and I really want someone to talk about science with! |
20311 - | | | 26586 - Reply from Jasmine104 , 16 yrs (USA) - 2014-06-27
| | Hey!I am so happy I found this post. I love physics and would really enjoy having an intellectual conversation with someone about something I have a passion for. My friends are the same and I can relate to the struggle of having no one to talk to about science. Feel free to message me for my email and we can talk :) |
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20311 - | | | 21223 - Reply from Liza1 , 13 yrs (Russia) - 2013-05-30
| Hello! My name is Liza. I'n 13 years old. I live in Moscow Region. I love physics very much but I don't want to be a physicist becouse I think it's very difficult.
I'd lika to improve my english. Can yoy help me with it? My e-mail is lizastar 42@gmail.com |
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Who Believes in The Strings Theory as me ? :D |
is the big bang theory the cause for the beginning of the universe??
how has the planets formed??how has the universe originated?? |
18553 - | | | 26221 - Reply from Sanduni134 , 17 yrs (Sri Lanka) - 2014-04-24
| Hi,
I am a amateur astronomer like you.My point of view relating to your topic is not to jump into conclusions saying big bang is what caused the formation of this universe.There are contradictions. |
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18553 - | | | 18642 - Reply from Deidranai54 , 17 yrs (USA) - 2012-09-23
| | Well no one is really sure of how the universe was actually created. Some believe in the big bang theory and some believe in the divine theory,which is the theory that god created universe and life here and where ever else. Some also belive that planets have formed by masses of gravity pulling pieces of debris together and somehow an atmosphere good enough to sustain life just appeared. Everyone's answer is an opinion so you can never be sure of what is correct amd what is not. |
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I'm sure! Aliens exist in another planet!Be my friend! |
16951 - | | | 38009 - Reply from Berry226 , 12 yrs (USA) - 2020-07-10
| | It's always a possibility, and I do also believe there could be alien life in the Universe somewhere! :) |
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16951 - | | | 20126 - Reply from Erin86 , 13 yrs (USA) - 2013-01-14
|  their has almpost been proof of life on a moon of jupiters. |
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16951 - | | | 19417 - Reply from Justin61 , 15 yrs (USA) - 2012-11-10
|  Oh yes, I am going to be an astrobiologist one day. Life HAS to exist elsewhere. Possibly even in our own Solar System, in places like Mars, Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. |
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