Astronomy

Articles about stars, planets, space and the universe.

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Phoenix (constellation)

Phoenix (spacecraft)

Phoenix Dwarf

Phoenix Dwarf — a Local Group dwarf galaxy

Photosphere

Photosphere — the light-emitting layer of a star

Physical cosmology

Physical cosmology

Pi1 Gruis

Pictor

Pioneer 10

Pioneer 10: NASA's first probe to Jupiter and the outer Solar System

Pioneer 11

Pioneer program

Pioneer program (NASA unmanned probes, 1958–1978)

Pisces (astrology)

Pisces (astrology)

Pisces (constellation)

Piscis Austrinus

Piscis Austrinus (Southern Fish) — constellation overview

Pistol Star

Pistol Star — a luminous blue hypergiant near the Galactic center

Planck (spacecraft)

Planck epoch

Planet

Planet

A planet is a large body that orbits a star, shaped by its own gravity into a rounded form. Planets occur in our Solar System and around other stars and vary widely in composition,

Planetarium

Planetarium: domes, projection systems, uses and terminology

Planetary nebula

Planetary ring

Planetary science

Planetary science: study of planets, their systems, and processes

Planetary system

Planetary system: structure, discovery, and significance

Planetesimal

Planets beyond Neptune

Planetshine

Planetshine — illumination of a moon by light reflected from its planet

Pleiades

Plutino

Plutino (2:3 resonant Kuiper belt object)

Pluto

Pluto

Plutoid

Polaris (star)

Polaris — the North Star: identity, system, history and navigational role

Pollux (star)

Polydeuces (moon)

Polydeuces — Trojan moon of Saturn

Portia (moon)

Portia — inner moon of Uranus

Praxidike (moon)

Procyon

Prometheus (moon)

Prometheus (moon of Saturn)

Proper motion

Prospero (moon)

Prospero — an irregular retrograde moon of Uranus

Proteus (moon)

Protostar

Provisional designation in astronomy

Proxima Centauri

Psamathe (moon)

Psamathe — an irregular moon of Neptune

PSR B1257+12 B

Puck (moon)

Pulsar

Puppis

Puppis — the Stern of the Ship Argo

Purple Mountain Observatory