Which are the branches related with space.

India
June 20, 2011 12:49pm CST
Hi friends, i live in india, in north Maharasha. I am specially interested in learning about space. I am highly interested in to learn about universe, i want to learn about planets, stars, galaxies, black holes. But i have limited knowledge about courses/degrees/diplomas which are related about these celestial bodies. So please if you know about it, then pls share it, its really urgent.
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20 Jun 11
Sounds like you're interested in astrophysics, which is a branch of physics resulting in a BA (or MPhys if you go for a Master's degree). This means you'll need very good maths and physics. Computer skills and chemistry would probably help, though I doubt they're essential. Most astrophysics courses are actually physics for a while, then you choose a specialisation. Professionally, after University, a qualification in astronomy will be very useful if you want to work/research in the astrophysics field - as will excellent communication skills. You'll probably have to do a lot of writing!
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20 Jun 11
I have gained a bit info about this field. This branch is challenging and i've read that to get even a good job you'll have to do phd. It takes about 10 years to for complete phd in this field. Thanks friend for explaining me this but do you know any branch of engineering related with this? First i was thinking that aeronautical engineering deals with study of space, but it deals with studying aircrafts, missiles etc. Is there no any type of engineering which studies about astral bodies?