[Nereid speaking as Nereid, not as a BAUT Moderator]
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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1
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Originally Posted by Nereid
I think this is a case of astronomy (astrophysics, cosmology) today being essentially a branch of physics (except for those parts which are more like geology, chemistry, or biology) ... but there is some strange reluctance to acknowledge it.
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some people are strangely reluctant to acknowledge the exceptions  |
FWIW, if we restrict the scope to detection and analysis of photons from the sky (i.e. no
in situ measurements or testing) and cosmic rays, from beyond the solar system, then what else is there but physics (and some chemistry, e.g. ISM molecular species, reactions on the surface of cold dust)?
Within the solar system, studies of the IPM (whther
in situ or not) are just plasma physics, there's no chemistry on the Sun (much less geology), ...
