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The science dealing with objects and phenomena located beyond Earth. In particular, this applies to observations and data. At its core, astronomy is the physically informed cataloging and classifying of the contents of the universe in order to better understand what is out there.
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Drake's equation
I think the importance of this equation may sometimes be somewhat overestimated. The importance is not so much the actual number (well, if we could calculate it with any significant certainty it would …
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Synthesising types of galaxies using various stellar spectra
Now, synthesising galaxy spectra is a whole field of astronomy in itself, dating back to the '60s and starting to make significant progress after the work of Tinsley (and others) in the '80s. …
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Did light already experience death of the universe immediately after the Big Bang?
This is a typical conundrum created in using classical thinking in combination with some relativistic concepts (e.g. photons experience no time)
Infinite time dilation (i.e. no time elapsed for the p …