Astronomy
Word: astronomyAstronomy Meanings:
- Astrology
- The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena
- A treatise on, or text-book of, the science
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi/, /æsˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/
- The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
- The study of the physical processes which control matter and energy in the universe is commonly called astrophysics. The investigation of the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe itself is called cosmology.