Absolutely. That's why I've a fondness for astronomy; it's one of the few fields of science in which amateurs can still make important contributions. I wish I had the equipment to be able to do this stuff.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'