If you like the idea of
mensurative experiments, the
ultimate science for you is
Astronomy. Nearby (in the
solar system and our little corner of the
Milky Way), things just move around and there is not a thing you can do about it other than look.
As you go further out you essentially get snapshots of the history of the Universe as it was at the time the photons you just collected passed by a particular spot on the way to your observatory.