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- A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially...84 KB (9,734 words) - 04:47, 23 June 2024
- A neutron star is a collapsed core of a massive supergiant star. The stars that later collapse into neutron stars have a total mass of between 10 and 25...113 KB (13,658 words) - 20:55, 25 June 2024
- A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications,...47 KB (5,394 words) - 01:19, 24 June 2024
- An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky. Asterisms can be any identified pattern or group of stars, and therefore are a more general...30 KB (3,232 words) - 11:54, 2 June 2024
- A lenticular galaxy (denoted S0) is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical (denoted E) and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification...28 KB (3,280 words) - 11:54, 20 May 2024
- In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies...23 KB (2,965 words) - 05:17, 18 June 2024
- The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; Chinese: 中国探月工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Tànyuè Gōngchéng), also known as the Chang'e Project (Chinese: 嫦娥工程; pinyin:...35 KB (3,008 words) - 22:54, 25 June 2024
- Solar eclipses on the Moon are caused when the planet Earth passes in front of the Sun and blocks its light. Viewers on Earth experience a lunar eclipse...14 KB (1,762 words) - 04:02, 1 June 2024
- A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet. During a transit, Mercury...38 KB (3,501 words) - 17:47, 21 May 2024
- NGC 262 (also known as Markarian 348) is a spiral galaxy in the cluster LGG 14. It is a Seyfert 2 spiral galaxy located 287 million light years away in...3 KB (246 words) - 00:08, 29 May 2024
- The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...4 KB (396 words) - 14:55, 28 May 2024
- NGC 155 is a lenticular galaxy in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered on September 1, 1886, by Lewis A. Swift. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc...3 KB (190 words) - 01:54, 14 May 2024
- Galaxy mergers can occur when two (or more) galaxies collide. They are the most violent type of galaxy interaction. The gravitational interactions between...23 KB (2,528 words) - 22:05, 25 June 2024
- NGC 834 is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation. It is estimated to be 160 million light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy and has...5 KB (271 words) - 01:59, 14 May 2024
- D/1770 L1, popularly known as Lexell's Comet after its orbit computer Anders Johan Lexell, was a comet discovered by astronomer Charles Messier in June...21 KB (1,853 words) - 08:08, 17 June 2024
- The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation...5 KB (543 words) - 23:28, 8 May 2024
- Luminous infrared galaxies or LIRGs are galaxies with luminosities, the measurement of brightness, above 1011 L☉. They are also referred to as submillimeter...21 KB (2,226 words) - 04:48, 10 May 2024
- Zodiacal light is a faint glow of diffuse light in the sky scattered by interplanetary dust, particularly a zodiacal cloud, along the ecliptic, and therefore...21 KB (2,280 words) - 21:23, 24 May 2024
- STS-41-C (formerly STS-13) was NASA's eleventh Space Shuttle mission, and the fifth mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch, which took place on...14 KB (1,145 words) - 14:25, 9 May 2024
- The Space Research Centre (SRC, Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It was...4 KB (341 words) - 17:54, 12 May 2024