Astronomer

As an Astronomer, you study the universe beyond Earth, from planets and stars to galaxies and the physics that governs them all. Most of your day is not spent looking through a telescope by eye but working with data: writing code to analyze images and signals, running models, and interpreting what massive datasets reveal about distant objects. You might apply for time on major telescopes, travel occasionally to observatories, or work entirely with data collected by others. You also write research papers, apply for funding, and share findings with other scientists. It is careful, patient work driven by big questions about how the cosmos works.