Teach astronomy or astrophysics.

“Teach astronomy or astrophysics.” is a core task performed by Astronomers. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#7 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Teach academic or vocational subjects. in Training and Teaching Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Analyze research data to determine its significance, using computers. · importance 4.7
• Present research findings at scientific conferences and in papers written for scientific journals. · importance 4.7
• Study celestial phenomena, using a variety of ground-based and space-borne telescopes and scientific instruments. · importance 4.5
• Collaborate with other astronomers to carry out research projects. · importance 4.4
• Mentor graduate students and junior colleagues. · importance 4.4
• Supervise students' research on celestial and astronomical phenomena. · importance 4.2
• Develop theories based on personal observations or on observations and theories of other astronomers. · importance 4.1
• Measure radio, infrared, gamma, and x-ray emissions from extraterrestrial sources. · importance 4.0
• Develop instrumentation and software for astronomical observation and analysis. · importance 4.0
• Review scientific proposals and research papers. · importance 3.8
• Raise funds for scientific research. · importance 3.8
• Develop and modify astronomy-related programs for public presentation. · importance 3.5
• Serve on professional panels and committees. · importance 3.3
• Calculate orbits and determine sizes, shapes, brightness, and motions of different celestial bodies. · importance 3.3

See all tasks on the Astronomers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-7532,
  title  = {Teach astronomy or astrophysics.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-7532}
}