Astronomy

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Themis (hypothetical moon)

Themis (hypothetical moon of Saturn)

Themisto (moon)

Themisto — a small prograde moon of Jupiter

Thrymr (moon)

Thyone (moon)

Thyone (Jupiter XXIX): an irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter

Tidal locking

Tidal locking: gravitational synchronization of rotation and orbital motion

Titan (moon)

Titan (moon of Saturn)

Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer

TALISE — Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer

Titania (moon)

Titania — largest moon of Uranus

Trans-Neptunian object

Transit of Venus

Transit of Venus: rare planetary crossing of the Sun

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Triangulum

Triangulum (constellation)

Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe (Southern Triangle)

Triangulum galaxy

Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

Trifid nebula

Trifid Nebula (M20): Overview, Structure, and Observing Guide

Triton (moon)

Trojan asteroid

Tucana

Tucana (constellation)

TV Geminorum

TV Geminorum — a large red giant star in Gemini

Tyche (planet)

Tyche — hypothetical gas giant proposed in the Solar System's Oort cloud

Tycho's Supernova

U Lacertae

UDFj-39546284

UDFj-39546284: candidate for one of the earliest observed galaxies

Ulysses (spacecraft)

Umbriel (moon)

Unidentified flying object

Unidentified flying object (UFO)

Universe

Universe

An accessible overview of the Universe: its contents, large-scale structure, origin, observation methods, and major unresolved questions in modern cosmology.

Uranus

Uranus

Uranus — the Ice Giant of the Solar System

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, an ice giant with a tilted axis, faint rings, many moons and a cold methane-rich atmosphere. Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft to vis

Uranus in fiction

Ursa Major

Ursa Major: The Great Bear constellation and the Big Dipper

Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor: the Little Bear and the Little Dipper

UY Scuti

V-type asteroid

V-type asteroid (Vestoid)

V382 Carinae

V509 Cassiopeiae

V838 Monocerotis

Valles Marineris

Van Allen radiation belt

Van Allen radiation belt

Variable nebula

Variable star

Vega

Vega (Alpha Lyrae): a nearby bright star, rapid rotator and debris-disk system

Vela (constellation)

Venera

Venera: Venus and the Soviet Venera spacecraft program

Venus

Venus — the second planet and Earth's often-contrasted sibling

Verona Rupes

Very Large Telescope

Very Large Telescope (VLT) — ESO's flagship optical observatory

Viking program

Viking program (NASA Mars missions)

Virgo (constellation)