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What skills does an astronomer need?
Brad shares with us what skills he believes astronomers need.
published: 10 Dec 2014
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What skills does an astronomer need?
Jonti discusses what skills an astronomer needs.
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Student of the stars: How do you become an astronomer? | Michelle Thaller
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What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day job actually looks like, T...
published: 15 Oct 2019
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So You Want To Get an Astronomy/Astrophysics Degree
This is what you can expect if you decide to pursue astronomy or astrophysics at university. I started off as an astronomy major so know a lot about the degree program and what it involves. Check out my video about why I decided to major in physics/math instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pGHEISg_Q
I still think astro is a great choice if it interests you more.
So you want to get a physics degree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnrXvTwarQ
So you want to get a mathematics degree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2uvlj5ITsw&t=1s
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Astronomer (Spitzer Science Center)
WHAT YOU DO: An astronomer collects data about planets, stars, and galaxies and presents it to other astronomers, then analyzes the astronomical data to make discoveries about space and how it works.
EDUCATION: Extensive knowledge of physics and math, plus an understanding of astronomical research and the equipment necessary for it. You'll have difficulty finding a job with anything less than a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics, or physics.
USEFUL SKILLS: Research skills, computer skills, analytical skills, writing skills (for grants), teaching skills, the ability to work well with others, creativity, and concentration. Astronomers need to be able to not only collect information, but also share it with others and work together to figure out what it means.
HOW TO GET IN: Get involved w...
published: 13 Jun 2013
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How to Become an Astronomer | Big Think
How to Become an Astronomer
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What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day j...
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Improve Your Astronomy Skills
In this video I share with you a piece of advice I learned 30 years ago (Yeah, that long) and it is still as useful today as it was back then..
Thank you for watching, don't forget to subscribe as I do regular videos for the new astronomer.
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Astronomer - Career Video, 1st Grade
The stars are full of wonder. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a career as an Astronomer? Watch this video to learn about a career in Astronomy, and the Super Skills they use!
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What skills does an astronomer need?
Brad shares with us what skills he believes astronomers need.
Brad shares with us what skills he believes astronomers need.
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Brad shares with us what skills he believes astronomers need.
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What skills does an astronomer need?
Jonti discusses what skills an astronomer needs.
Jonti discusses what skills an astronomer needs.
https://wn.com/What_Skills_Does_An_Astronomer_Need
Jonti discusses what skills an astronomer needs.
- published: 09 Dec 2014
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Student of the stars: How do you become an astronomer? | Michelle Thaller
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What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day job actually looks like, Thaller shines a light on the unexpected skills you might need and answers the question on every ambitious astronomer-to-be's mind: How will I know what to discover?
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MICHELLE THALLER
Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars. She is Assistant Director of Science Communication at NASA. She went to college at Harvard University, completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif. then started working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Spitzer Space Telescope. After a hugely successful mission, she moved on to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in the Washington D.C. area. In her off-hours often puts on about 30lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. For more information, visit
NASA.
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TRANSCRIPT:
MICHELLE THALLER: There are a lot of people that are fascinated by astronomy, and they think, hey, you can actually get a job where it's your life to make new discoveries, to actually work with larger NASA missions. So how do you get this gig? How do you become an astronomer?
For some strange reason, I always wanted to be an astronomer, ever since I was a very small child. I think for a while I wanted to be an astronaut, and then I actually realized I was afraid of flying and I did not want to be an astronaut. But I loved space, and I could just never get the questions out of my head. I was told many times I didn't have the right personality to be a scientist. That really didn't matter at all. That turned out not to be true.
But here are some of the things that kind of need to happen. So if you want to become a professional research astronomer, one of the things you will have to have is a doctorate in astronomy.
Now, there are a lot of other ways to be involved in astronomy. I work with a lot of people who are engineers who help us build the telescopes or the instruments that we use. They, for the most part, do not have PhDs. They may have an undergraduate degree in engineering. Some of them have master's degrees. But usually, they actually start working in a more practical way, building the instruments, doing some testing. They start that fairly early in their careers.
But to be an astronomer, you do have to get a doctorate. So there is a fairly well-defined path for that. So you go through high school, and after high school, you can apply to any number of colleges that have degree programs in either physics, or mathematics, or computer science. Or, in some cases, they'll actually have full degree programs in astronomy or astrophysics. And these days, those two words, astronomy and astrophysics, are used fairly interchangeably in a professional setting. So if you're majoring in astronomy, you're basically a physicist majoring in things that are in the sky. So astrophysicist, astronomer, pretty much the same thing.
So what I did is, I actually did go to a university—I went to Harvard University—that had a major in astrophysics as an undergrad. And so we took pretty much all of the physics requirements for a physics degree, all the math that's involved in that, too, but then there were specialized classes in topics in astronomy. We'd read papers about the Big Bang. We'd get together and we'D go to observatories to learn how telescopes work. And there were classes in things like how does a star work, how does a supernova explosion work, what is a galaxy like?
And these really are physics classes. They involve a lot of math, usually calculus—figuring out how a galaxy evolves over time, how all the different stars work, how gravity affects everything. So there certainly is a good deal of math and physics involved.
But then, as you become a professional astronomer, while you certainly know the basics of that and...
For the full transcript, check out https://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-become-an-astronomer-2640965765
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What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day job actually looks like, Thaller shines a light on the unexpected skills you might need and answers the question on every ambitious astronomer-to-be's mind: How will I know what to discover?
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MICHELLE THALLER
Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars. She is Assistant Director of Science Communication at NASA. She went to college at Harvard University, completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif. then started working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Spitzer Space Telescope. After a hugely successful mission, she moved on to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in the Washington D.C. area. In her off-hours often puts on about 30lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. For more information, visit
NASA.
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TRANSCRIPT:
MICHELLE THALLER: There are a lot of people that are fascinated by astronomy, and they think, hey, you can actually get a job where it's your life to make new discoveries, to actually work with larger NASA missions. So how do you get this gig? How do you become an astronomer?
For some strange reason, I always wanted to be an astronomer, ever since I was a very small child. I think for a while I wanted to be an astronaut, and then I actually realized I was afraid of flying and I did not want to be an astronaut. But I loved space, and I could just never get the questions out of my head. I was told many times I didn't have the right personality to be a scientist. That really didn't matter at all. That turned out not to be true.
But here are some of the things that kind of need to happen. So if you want to become a professional research astronomer, one of the things you will have to have is a doctorate in astronomy.
Now, there are a lot of other ways to be involved in astronomy. I work with a lot of people who are engineers who help us build the telescopes or the instruments that we use. They, for the most part, do not have PhDs. They may have an undergraduate degree in engineering. Some of them have master's degrees. But usually, they actually start working in a more practical way, building the instruments, doing some testing. They start that fairly early in their careers.
But to be an astronomer, you do have to get a doctorate. So there is a fairly well-defined path for that. So you go through high school, and after high school, you can apply to any number of colleges that have degree programs in either physics, or mathematics, or computer science. Or, in some cases, they'll actually have full degree programs in astronomy or astrophysics. And these days, those two words, astronomy and astrophysics, are used fairly interchangeably in a professional setting. So if you're majoring in astronomy, you're basically a physicist majoring in things that are in the sky. So astrophysicist, astronomer, pretty much the same thing.
So what I did is, I actually did go to a university—I went to Harvard University—that had a major in astrophysics as an undergrad. And so we took pretty much all of the physics requirements for a physics degree, all the math that's involved in that, too, but then there were specialized classes in topics in astronomy. We'd read papers about the Big Bang. We'd get together and we'D go to observatories to learn how telescopes work. And there were classes in things like how does a star work, how does a supernova explosion work, what is a galaxy like?
And these really are physics classes. They involve a lot of math, usually calculus—figuring out how a galaxy evolves over time, how all the different stars work, how gravity affects everything. So there certainly is a good deal of math and physics involved.
But then, as you become a professional astronomer, while you certainly know the basics of that and...
For the full transcript, check out https://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-become-an-astronomer-2640965765
- published: 15 Oct 2019
- views: 66242
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So You Want To Get an Astronomy/Astrophysics Degree
This is what you can expect if you decide to pursue astronomy or astrophysics at university. I started off as an astronomy major so know a lot about the degree ...
This is what you can expect if you decide to pursue astronomy or astrophysics at university. I started off as an astronomy major so know a lot about the degree program and what it involves. Check out my video about why I decided to major in physics/math instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pGHEISg_Q
I still think astro is a great choice if it interests you more.
So you want to get a physics degree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnrXvTwarQ
So you want to get a mathematics degree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2uvlj5ITsw&t=1s
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This is what you can expect if you decide to pursue astronomy or astrophysics at university. I started off as an astronomy major so know a lot about the degree program and what it involves. Check out my video about why I decided to major in physics/math instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pGHEISg_Q
I still think astro is a great choice if it interests you more.
So you want to get a physics degree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnrXvTwarQ
So you want to get a mathematics degree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2uvlj5ITsw&t=1s
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- published: 16 Dec 2017
- views: 178320
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Astronomer (Spitzer Science Center)
WHAT YOU DO: An astronomer collects data about planets, stars, and galaxies and presents it to other astronomers, then analyzes the astronomical data to make di...
WHAT YOU DO: An astronomer collects data about planets, stars, and galaxies and presents it to other astronomers, then analyzes the astronomical data to make discoveries about space and how it works.
EDUCATION: Extensive knowledge of physics and math, plus an understanding of astronomical research and the equipment necessary for it. You'll have difficulty finding a job with anything less than a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics, or physics.
USEFUL SKILLS: Research skills, computer skills, analytical skills, writing skills (for grants), teaching skills, the ability to work well with others, creativity, and concentration. Astronomers need to be able to not only collect information, but also share it with others and work together to figure out what it means.
HOW TO GET IN: Get involved with research projects run by professors at your school as an undergrad.
CAREER PATH: Stay involved with research projects throughout the years you're in college. After you graduate with a PhD, you look for a "postdoc" position, where you can keep conducting research. Postdocs usually last around two years, so you may have to go through a few before you've done enough research to be a recognized astronomer. Then you can find a job at a university, where you'll run your own research projects, publish them, and share your discoveries with others.
Alternatively, you could support an independent telescope or astronomy-based mission, doing your own research while also helping run the mission. Here, you might be an expert on a particular astronomical instrument, a software designer who writes the code for controlling the telescope, an outreach worker who interprets data and distributes it to the public, or any number of other specialized jobs.
PAYBACK: Median annual salary: $95,500.
DOWNSIDES: You'll need many years of education and experience to find a job.
NETWORKING: NASA's astrophysics website has information about astronomical research: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/
Video produced by students at LACES (Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies) working with Gigniks' career media program.
For more information or to make a donation, please visit us at: www.Gigniks.org
https://wn.com/Astronomer_(Spitzer_Science_Center)
WHAT YOU DO: An astronomer collects data about planets, stars, and galaxies and presents it to other astronomers, then analyzes the astronomical data to make discoveries about space and how it works.
EDUCATION: Extensive knowledge of physics and math, plus an understanding of astronomical research and the equipment necessary for it. You'll have difficulty finding a job with anything less than a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics, or physics.
USEFUL SKILLS: Research skills, computer skills, analytical skills, writing skills (for grants), teaching skills, the ability to work well with others, creativity, and concentration. Astronomers need to be able to not only collect information, but also share it with others and work together to figure out what it means.
HOW TO GET IN: Get involved with research projects run by professors at your school as an undergrad.
CAREER PATH: Stay involved with research projects throughout the years you're in college. After you graduate with a PhD, you look for a "postdoc" position, where you can keep conducting research. Postdocs usually last around two years, so you may have to go through a few before you've done enough research to be a recognized astronomer. Then you can find a job at a university, where you'll run your own research projects, publish them, and share your discoveries with others.
Alternatively, you could support an independent telescope or astronomy-based mission, doing your own research while also helping run the mission. Here, you might be an expert on a particular astronomical instrument, a software designer who writes the code for controlling the telescope, an outreach worker who interprets data and distributes it to the public, or any number of other specialized jobs.
PAYBACK: Median annual salary: $95,500.
DOWNSIDES: You'll need many years of education and experience to find a job.
NETWORKING: NASA's astrophysics website has information about astronomical research: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/
Video produced by students at LACES (Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies) working with Gigniks' career media program.
For more information or to make a donation, please visit us at: www.Gigniks.org
- published: 13 Jun 2013
- views: 10705
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How to Become an Astronomer | Big Think
How to Become an Astronomer
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What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day job actually looks like, Thaller shines a light on the unexpected skills you might need and answers the question on every ambitious astronomer-to-be's mind: How will I know what to discover?
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MICHELLE THALLER:
Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars. She is Assistant Director of Science Communication at NASA. She went to college at Harvard University, completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif. then started working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Spitzer Space Telescope. After a hugely successful mission, she moved on to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in the Washington D.C. area. In her off-hours often puts on about 30lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. For more information, visit
NASA.
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TRANSCRIPT:
MICHELLE THALLER: There are a lot of people that are fascinated by astronomy, and they think, hey, you can actually get a job where it's your life to make new discoveries, to actually work with larger NASA missions. So how do you get this gig? How do you become an astronomer?
For some strange reason, I always wanted to be an astronomer, ever since I was a very small child. I think for a while I wanted to be an astronaut, and then I actually realized I was afraid of flying and I did not want to be an astronaut. But I loved space, and I could just never get the questions out of my head. I was told many times I didn't have the right personality to be a scientist. That really didn't matter at all. That turned out not to be true.
But here are some of the things that kind of need to happen. So if you want to become a professional research astronomer, one of the things you will have to have is a doctorate in astronomy.
Now, there are a lot of other ways to be involved in astronomy. I work with a lot of people who are engineers who help us build the telescopes or the instruments that we use. They, for the most part, do not have PhDs. They may have an undergraduate degree in engineering. Some of them have master's degrees. But usually, they actually start working in a more practical way, building the instruments, doing some testing. They start that fairly early in their careers.
But to be an astronomer, you do have to get a doctorate. So there is a fairly well-defined path for that. So you go through high school, and after high school, you can apply to any number of colleges that have degree programs in either physics, or mathematics, or computer science. Or, in some cases, they'll actually have full degree programs in astronomy or astrophysics. And these days, those two words, astronomy and astrophysics, are used fairly interchangeably in a professional setting. So if you're majoring in astronomy, you're basically a physicist majoring in things that are in the sky. So astrophysicist, astronomer, pretty much the same thing.
So what I did is, I actually did go to a university—I went to Harvard University—that had a major in astrophysics as an undergrad. And so we took pretty much all of the physics requirements for a physics degree, all the math that's involved in that, too, but then there were specialized classes in topics in astronomy. We'd read papers about the Big Bang. We'd get together and we'D go to observatories to learn how telescopes work. And there were classes in things like how does a star work, how does a supernova explosion work, what is a galaxy like?
And these really are physics classes. They involve a lot of math, usually calculus—figuring out how a galaxy evolves over time, how all the different stars work, how gravity affects everything. So there certainly is a good deal of math and physics involved.
But then, as you become a professional astronomer, while you certainly know the basics of that and...
For the full transcript, check out https://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-become-an-astronomer-2640965765
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What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day job actually looks like, Thaller shines a light on the unexpected skills you might need and answers the question on every ambitious astronomer-to-be's mind: How will I know what to discover?
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MICHELLE THALLER:
Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars. She is Assistant Director of Science Communication at NASA. She went to college at Harvard University, completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif. then started working for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Spitzer Space Telescope. After a hugely successful mission, she moved on to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in the Washington D.C. area. In her off-hours often puts on about 30lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. For more information, visit
NASA.
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TRANSCRIPT:
MICHELLE THALLER: There are a lot of people that are fascinated by astronomy, and they think, hey, you can actually get a job where it's your life to make new discoveries, to actually work with larger NASA missions. So how do you get this gig? How do you become an astronomer?
For some strange reason, I always wanted to be an astronomer, ever since I was a very small child. I think for a while I wanted to be an astronaut, and then I actually realized I was afraid of flying and I did not want to be an astronaut. But I loved space, and I could just never get the questions out of my head. I was told many times I didn't have the right personality to be a scientist. That really didn't matter at all. That turned out not to be true.
But here are some of the things that kind of need to happen. So if you want to become a professional research astronomer, one of the things you will have to have is a doctorate in astronomy.
Now, there are a lot of other ways to be involved in astronomy. I work with a lot of people who are engineers who help us build the telescopes or the instruments that we use. They, for the most part, do not have PhDs. They may have an undergraduate degree in engineering. Some of them have master's degrees. But usually, they actually start working in a more practical way, building the instruments, doing some testing. They start that fairly early in their careers.
But to be an astronomer, you do have to get a doctorate. So there is a fairly well-defined path for that. So you go through high school, and after high school, you can apply to any number of colleges that have degree programs in either physics, or mathematics, or computer science. Or, in some cases, they'll actually have full degree programs in astronomy or astrophysics. And these days, those two words, astronomy and astrophysics, are used fairly interchangeably in a professional setting. So if you're majoring in astronomy, you're basically a physicist majoring in things that are in the sky. So astrophysicist, astronomer, pretty much the same thing.
So what I did is, I actually did go to a university—I went to Harvard University—that had a major in astrophysics as an undergrad. And so we took pretty much all of the physics requirements for a physics degree, all the math that's involved in that, too, but then there were specialized classes in topics in astronomy. We'd read papers about the Big Bang. We'd get together and we'D go to observatories to learn how telescopes work. And there were classes in things like how does a star work, how does a supernova explosion work, what is a galaxy like?
And these really are physics classes. They involve a lot of math, usually calculus—figuring out how a galaxy evolves over time, how all the different stars work, how gravity affects everything. So there certainly is a good deal of math and physics involved.
But then, as you become a professional astronomer, while you certainly know the basics of that and...
For the full transcript, check out https://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-become-an-astronomer-2640965765
- published: 24 Apr 2012
- views: 53528
13:29
Improve Your Astronomy Skills
In this video I share with you a piece of advice I learned 30 years ago (Yeah, that long) and it is still as useful today as it was back then..
Thank you for w...
In this video I share with you a piece of advice I learned 30 years ago (Yeah, that long) and it is still as useful today as it was back then..
Thank you for watching, don't forget to subscribe as I do regular videos for the new astronomer.
https://wn.com/Improve_Your_Astronomy_Skills
In this video I share with you a piece of advice I learned 30 years ago (Yeah, that long) and it is still as useful today as it was back then..
Thank you for watching, don't forget to subscribe as I do regular videos for the new astronomer.
- published: 08 Sep 2021
- views: 12206
2:05
Astronomer - Career Video, 1st Grade
The stars are full of wonder. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a career as an Astronomer? Watch this video to learn about a career in Astron...
The stars are full of wonder. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a career as an Astronomer? Watch this video to learn about a career in Astronomy, and the Super Skills they use!
https://wn.com/Astronomer_Career_Video,_1St_Grade
The stars are full of wonder. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a career as an Astronomer? Watch this video to learn about a career in Astronomy, and the Super Skills they use!
- published: 15 Jun 2020
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Astronomer | Career, Salary, Education | Career Profiles
Astronomer Education, Training, Required Skills, Licenses & More. Everything You Need To Know About How To Become an Astronomer. Step-by-step guide.
Is becomin...
Astronomer Education, Training, Required Skills, Licenses & More. Everything You Need To Know About How To Become an Astronomer. Step-by-step guide.
Is becoming an Astronomer right for me?
Types of Astronomer.
Education requirements for an Astronomer.
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Astronomer Education, Training, Required Skills, Licenses & More. Everything You Need To Know About How To Become an Astronomer. Step-by-step guide.
Is becoming an Astronomer right for me?
Types of Astronomer.
Education requirements for an Astronomer.
Steps to become an Astronomer.
What does an Astronomer do.
How can I be an Astronomer.
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- published: 07 Jul 2022
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President Obama Reveals an Astronomer You Need To Know About
President Barack Obama joins us today to recognize a little-known astronomy hero and celebrate #WomeninSTEM . Join the conversation on Twitter #ObamaOnDNews!
W...
President Barack Obama joins us today to recognize a little-known astronomy hero and celebrate #WomeninSTEM . Join the conversation on Twitter #ObamaOnDNews!
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President Barack Obama joins us today to recognize a little-known astronomy hero and celebrate #WomeninSTEM . Join the conversation on Twitter #ObamaOnDNews!
Watch President Obama on Science Presents DNews every night this week at 9/8c on Science Channel. Catch up here: http://bit.ly/1Q3bNnj
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- published: 16 Apr 2016
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