Hyman Coren: Astronomy will use have two major branches: Research and Teaching. Most employment opportunities with NASA will come under Research. However, the link below goes to NASA's employment page for folks to browse through:http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/
Rheba Cockman: NASA are more involved with going into space designing and building probes etc than actually studying the results, astronomers are the ones that sit in their offices studying the results.As for actual careers for graduates with astronomy degrees:Astronomer (this is a resarch vocation usually attached to a university) Professional astronomy is a vocation in its own right.Lecturer in Astronomy (a teaching vocation attached to a university)Science teacher (astronomy embrases all the natural sciences, physics, chemistry and biology)Science correspondentTV presenter of astronomy showsMaths teacher (as there is so much mathematics involved in astronomy)... and yes you could be designing experiments for ! the space agencies to stick on their rockets....Show more
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