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or even introductory astronomy, one of the classes I took in college to satisfy the natural science requirement. (If you want to find the Big Dipper or Orion, I’m your guy. Anything else ...

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Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...