What this chapter will buildDistinguish celestial objects, observations and explanations, and turn a familiar sky observation into a question that evidence could address.
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What can we ask about the sky?Planned
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Objects, patterns and eventsPlanned
This topic’s article is planned. This space will bring together explanations, worked examples, sources and connections.
Observing the sky and explaining its physicsPlanned
Follow historical sky records and changing models through examples of early astronomy and the work of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo. Compare what observations and instruments could test, rather than treating a single observation as proof of every part of a later model.
What we see and what we inferPlanned
This topic’s article is planned. This space will bring together explanations, worked examples, sources and connections.
Established findings and open questionsPlanned
This topic’s article is planned. This space will bring together explanations, worked examples, sources and connections.