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astronomy

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Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena in space, such as stars, galaxies, and the centers of galaxies. It matters because it helps us understand the universe and our place in it, using advanced instruments like those at major observatories to observe and investigate distant cosmic objects.

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65,869 papers

Astronomy: Hubble's legacy.Nature · 2015Livio MDOI: 10.1038/520287a
A half century of infrared astronomy - A personal recollection of the footprints in Japan.ReviewProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2019Okuda HDOI: 10.2183/pjab.95.035
Serial Endosymbiosis Theory: From biology to astronomy and back to the origin of life.ReviewBio Systems · 2021Slijepcevic PDOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104353
Brics Astronomy Partnership.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2021Nemaungani TDOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120201624
Astronomy: extrasolar planets.Nature · 2008Sasselov DDDOI: 10.1038/451029a
Variety of evidence in multimessenger astronomy.Studies in history and philosophy of science · 2022Abelson SSDOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.05.006
A cosmic virosphere.ReviewAdvances in genetics · 2020Slijepcevic P, Wickramasinghe NCDOI: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2020.06.001
From Nobeyama Radio Observatory to the international project ALMA -Evolution of millimeter and submillimeter wave astronomy in Japan.ReviewProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2022Ishiguro M, Chiba K, Sakamoto SDOI: 10.2183/pjab.98.023

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Commons category: Astronomy
hashtag: Astronomie
start time: 8000-00-00
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Stack Exchange site URL: astronomy.stackexchange.com
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Stack Exchange tag: physics.stackexchange.com/tags/astronomy
entry in abbreviations table: astro.
short name: ⴰⵙⵏⵉⵜⵔⵉ

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Etymology
Use of terms "astronomy" and "astrophysics"
History
Pre-historic
Classical
Post-classical
Copernicus
Early telescopic
Galaxies
Cosmology
Observational astronomy
Radio
Infrared
Optical
Ultraviolet
X-ray
Gamma-ray
Non-electromagnetic observation
Astrometry and celestial mechanics
Subfields by scale
Physical cosmology
Extragalactic
Galactic
Stellar
Solar
Planetary science
Interdisciplinary subfields
Astrochemistry
Astrobiology
Other
Amateur
Unsolved problems
See also
Lists
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thumb |upright=1.5 |The Paranal Observatory of [[European Southern Observatory creating a laser guide star in the atmosphere to observe the Galactic Center]]

Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxies, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets. Relevant phenomena include supernova explosions, gamma ray bursts, quasars, blazars, pulsars, and cosmic microwave background radiation. More generally, astronomy studies everything that originates beyond Earth's atmosphere. Cosmology is the branch of astronomy that studies the universe as a whole.