Introduction to... Astronomy... The word astronomy is right for the Greek words, Astron, meaning star, and no most meaning law or culture. So the word astronomy means law of the stars. Origins of astronomy... Humans have always been fascinated by the sky, since the beginning of written records, Greek struck that the perfectly symmetrical motion of the heavens was the resting place of heroes from the great. Some ancient civilizations thought that the heavens held their future in the dance-like movements. All ancient civilizations found it fascinating how mathematics could explain the movement of the stars. Now are an order that heaven has had to specially increase in the century times. There are now several possible explanations for the universe that are possible for the future of humans and the ones in the dance. Let's begin a strategy.