TheBadAstronomer asked: My friend Tina is a teacher in Austin. She asked her sixth grade students to send me questions they had about astronomy, and I answer them on question. There were so many I had to split this into *5* parts! This is Part 2, and these are the questions they asked me: 1) [...]
Rathin Das asked: I have finished my graduation in Maths and now want to do my Post graduation in Astronomy. Can anyone suggest me a very nice but at the same time not expensive university?
Queen of Narnia asked: I’m so interested in science, mostly in astronomy. I’m 13 years old and I don’t know how can I improve my knowledge about it. Can you tell me a good way to memorize stuff and how can I know more about astronomy. Where i can learn things apart from science in [...]
CBJ asked: I love reading about astronomy on line, and looking at pictures. I think I am ready to do my own stargazing. I would like to be able to see some nebulas and things like that. Can that type of space phenomenon be seen by a home telescope, or only by observatory type telescopes? [...]
swetha s asked: I dont want to study chemistry as i dont like it! So can i do astronomy/astrophysics without chemistry? My school offers physics,maths and geography together. Can i study these 3 subjects to persue a career in astronomy/astrophysics?
Andrew B asked: I’ve been looking around on different websites and have been getting little help. I’ve gone on visits to different places and they have all given the “well all of our degrees are good” crap. Can anyone give a me a straight forward answer on some universities with good astronomy or astrophysics programs?
spacecowboytim asked: I’m going to clemson in the fall, and i’m majoring in physics but they don’t have astronomy as a major or minor and not all that many classes in that area. Which schools do?
X-Girl asked: What value is the study of astronomy to you or to society?
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Akku asked: I’m a 12 pass out student , and I’m very much interested in astronomy.Is it necessary to get higher rank in IIT to get astronomy as a field?Kindly help me and inform me as soon as possible.