Discovery methodology
Scientific Revolutions
The episodes in which accumulated anomalies — observations that will not fit the old picture — build until the framework breaks and a new one takes its place. Astronomy has driven several of the largest revolutions in all of science.
Astronomers, eras & methods
Across the history of discovery
Knowledge connections
- Associated withParadigm Shifts
- Associated withThe Scientific Revolution
- Associated withParadigm Shifts
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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