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- This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and...346 KB (587 words) - 15:44, 8 June 2024
- A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with...25 KB (2,708 words) - 19:19, 31 May 2024
- The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no proof of...205 KB (19,944 words) - 12:24, 28 May 2024
- A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol ′, is a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/60 of one degree....27 KB (3,331 words) - 17:18, 16 May 2024
- A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars that orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction. A large group of stars bound by gravitation...41 KB (4,555 words) - 15:33, 8 May 2024
- Space colonization is the use of outer space for colonization, such as permanent habitation, exploitation or territorial claims. Extraterrestrial colonization is...168 KB (18,466 words) - 00:49, 3 June 2024
- Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a...38 KB (4,489 words) - 16:28, 25 May 2024
- Makemake (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the second-largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt...53 KB (4,661 words) - 22:02, 7 June 2024
- Stellar parallax is the apparent shift of position (parallax) of any nearby star (or other object) against the background of distant stars. By extension...21 KB (2,775 words) - 05:05, 7 April 2024
- The expansion of the universe is the increase in distance between gravitationally unbound parts of the observable universe with time. It is an intrinsic...53 KB (6,971 words) - 11:28, 1 June 2024
- A space elevator, also referred to as a space bridge, star ladder, and orbital lift, is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system, often...88 KB (10,307 words) - 09:03, 9 June 2024
- Interstellar travel is the hypothetical travel of spacecraft from one star system, solitary star, or planetary system to another. Interstellar travel is...96 KB (10,196 words) - 01:02, 6 June 2024
- This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These...250 KB (10,637 words) - 19:10, 30 May 2024
- A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a...35 KB (3,697 words) - 05:56, 4 June 2024
- The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China. The...194 KB (20,859 words) - 11:53, 4 June 2024
- Animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before human spaceflights were attempted. Later, many species were flown to...52 KB (5,605 words) - 20:52, 24 May 2024
- Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, cosmological, calendrical,...81 KB (10,060 words) - 22:07, 26 May 2024
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2, with variants Block 1 to Block 5) is a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, designed and manufactured...61 KB (4,680 words) - 14:27, 7 June 2024
- Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations...37 KB (3,928 words) - 16:38, 6 June 2024
- Aldebaran (Arabic: الدَّبَران, lit. 'The Follower') is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has the Bayer designation
α Tauri, which...53 KB (5,084 words) - 20:02, 24 May 2024