Interesting astronomy facts
Depending on what you regard to be a real science, trying to understand the stars might be the oldest science on earth - since the beginning of mankind human beings have been looking up to the sky and trying to make sense of it. Since those beginnings great achievements have revolutionized the science and nowadays we know very much about space in general. The rising speed of technological progress in the last century and the possibilities of modern personal computers have brought the science into our homes.
There is much knowledge now about the universe and space and it's objects (for example Supernovae).
But not only that - it has become a lot easier to learn about astronomy for everyone. You don't have to be a top expert scientest to have the possibility of watching the stars in close up images. There are a lot of very good software projects and relatively cheap beginners telescopes that enable everyone to deepen the knowledge about our universe (e.g. Stellarium - an open source planetarium. Many of tose resources are very affordable and quite a lot software products are even available for free.
But even if you are not interested in the science behind it, there is so much beauty in some of those pictures. The colorful structures and objects seen on those pictures fascinate almost anyone who has the chance to take a look at them. Some of the best photographs can be found here: New Site for NASA Pictures
Experience the the versatility of astronomy, which is both - hobby and science. Like in art you can watch pictures or it can give your brain the task to apply math with all tricks the science supplies.
