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Astronomy, the study of the stars and other celestial objects, is one of the exact sciences. It deals with the quantitative investigation of the cosmos and the physical laws which govern it: with the motions, the structures, the formation, and the evolution of the various celestial bodies.
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Unsöld, A., Baschek, B. (2002). Introduction. In: The New Cosmos. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04356-1_1
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