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astronomy

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Astronomy is a branch of science and an academic discipline within the physical, exact, and natural sciences. It is the study of astronomical objects and dark fluid. The subject is named after the sky and stars. Its practice is carried out by astronomers, and it is studied within the field of science studies.

The history of the topic dates back to 8000 BCE, with recorded origins also noted at 4900 BCE and 1200 BCE. Astronomy is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, the Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. It is referenced by 6,452 other encyclopedia articles.

The field has a main portal on Wikimedia and is maintained by WikiProject Astronomy, WikiProject Physics, and WikiProject Science. It appears on focus lists for Wikipedia articles. The term is abbreviated as "astro." and is associated with the hashtag "Astronomie."

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Research

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: academic discipline
Subclass of: science
Named after: star
Image: Laser Towards Milky Ways Centre.jpg

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topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Astronomy
Commons category: Astronomy
topic's main category: Category:Astronomy
history of topic: history of astronomy
is the study of: dark fluid
hashtag: Astronomie
start time: 8000-00-00
practiced by: astronomer
studied by: science studies
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/astronomy
Stack Exchange site URL: astronomy.stackexchange.com
P8168: Horton
Stack Exchange tag: physics.stackexchange.com/tags/astronomy
entry in abbreviations table: astro.
described by source: Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste
short name: ⴰⵙⵏⵉⵜⵔⵉ
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Science

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Encyclopedic overview

37 sections

Contents

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
References
Sources
External links

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.

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