My friend is a chemist and says astronomy is almost useless. I want to prove him wrong...

My friend is a chemist and says astronomy is almost useless. I want to prove him wrong. What practical application dis studying phenomena too far for humans to ever reach serve besides helping to develop other technologies that can be used elsewhere?

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it has had no impact at all.

Top kek.

Observing stars --> Nuclear Fusion

astronomers like Kepler and Newton (also an astrologer) made giant contributions to geometry and calculus

>besides helping to develop other technologies that can be used elsewhere?

oh

What practical applications does calculus and geometry have, besides helping to develop other technologies?

Practical applications are for people without soul that don't care about the nature of our universe.

Killer asteroids. Only through astronomy could you stop those. Studying other planets sheds light on our own. In particular Venus and climate change come to mind.

Observing the stars confirmed some important predictions made through relativity, so there is that.

>implying theory of relativity is useful
lol