Discovery methodology
The Scientific Method
The cycle of observation, hypothesis, prediction, and test that turned the study of the heavens from stargazing and myth into a science — and the reason astronomy's claims can be checked, challenged, and improved rather than merely believed.
Highlights
- ›What turned stargazing into science
Astronomers, eras & methods
Across the history of discovery
Knowledge connections
- Associated withFalsifiability
- Associated withTheory & Observation
- Associated withFalsifiability
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.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.