Get to know Astronomy, One of the Oldest Sciences in the World

Jakarta – Astronomy It is the oldest science in the world. This science is known to have existed since human times did not know writing.

The term astronomy refers to the laws of the stars. It is natural that astronomy is called the oldest science because human existence is caused by the existence of the universe.

A professor emeritus at the University of Corolado and an expert in archaeoastronomy, J. McKim Malville said, about 7,000 years ago a group of nomadic people living in the African savanna was known to be the first human to record the movement of the stars. This incident took place on a site called Nabta Playa.

They build the world’s oldest stone rings to track the arrival of the summer solstice, as well as the seasonal monsoons they rely on for water and food.

“This was the beginning of observational astronomy,” Malville said Discover MagazineSaturday (26/2/2022).

Researcher at the Center for Space Science Research at the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) Andi Pangerang Hasanuddin said the ancient humans in the African savanna gave manda-manda celestial bodies as religious entities that were believed to take them to the afterlife.

In addition, the observations made by ancient humans are also still related to the surrounding natural conditions. They can predict important events in the future, such as the rainy season and harvest season, Andi explained as reported by the LAPAN page.

The Origins of Astronomy

Thousands of years after the construction of Nabta Playa, similar moments are happening all over the world. Astronomy eventually emerged areas of early civilization, such as China, Egypt, India, Europe, Meso-America, and the Middle East.

Humans who lived in that era developed a deep knowledge of the stars. In its development, stars proved important in helping the farming system.

Over time, civilizations around the world have increasingly relied on the existence of stars and other movements of the night sky.

Reported from FIITJEE Global School, they set up observatories and began to study and record various phenomena and objects. These observations were originally used to map the positions of planets and stars until the science that is now known as astronomy emerged.

Meanwhile, the emergence of astronomy in the West itself was born in Mesopotamia. Astronomy coincided with the emergence of an agricultural star called the Fertile Crescent. Meanwhile, modern Europeans are predicted to adopt the constellations used by the Greeks.

According to records Encyclopedia Britannicathe Mesopotamians also taught science astrology in higher education. Astrology is the science that underlies the movement of celestial objects. This science studies the relationship between events on earth and the movement of celestial objects.

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