Astronomy

Articles about stars, planets, space and the universe.

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Comet Swift–Tuttle

Comet Swift–Tuttle (109P/Swift–Tuttle) — parent of the Perseid meteor shower

Comet West

Comet West (1975) — discovery, appearance and legacy

Comoving distance

Compact star

Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)

Constellation

Constellation

Constellations: cultural meanings, history, and the 88 official star regions

Explore constellations: how cultures worldwide interpreted star patterns, their roles in myth and navigation, and the modern mapping that divides the sky into 88 official star regi

Cordelia (moon)

Cordelia (moon of Uranus)

Corona

Corona Australis

Corona Australis (Southern Crown)

Corona Borealis

Corona Borealis — the Northern Crown constellation

Coronagraph

COROT-7b

CoRoT-7b — a rocky exoplanet with an ultra-short orbital period

Corvus (constellation)

Corvus: the Raven constellation

Cosmic distance ladder

Cosmic distance ladder

Cosmic dust

Cosmic dust: origin, composition, observations and role in planetary systems

Cosmic microwave background radiation

Cosmogony

Cosmogony

Cosmology

Crab Nebula

Crab Nebula: Remnant of SN 1054 and its Pulsar

Crater (constellation)

Cressida (moon)

Crux

Cupid (moon)

Cupid (moon) — small inner satellite of Uranus

Curiosity rover

CW Leonis

CW Leonis (IRC+10216): a carbon-rich red giant star

Cybele asteroid

Cybele asteroids: the outer main-belt group beyond 3.27 AU

Cygnus (constellation)

Cygnus — the Swan: a northern constellation with the Northern Cross

Cygnus OB2

Cygnus X-1

Cyllene (moon)

Damocloid

Damocloid: dormant comet-like small bodies of the outer Solar System

Daphnis (moon)

Daphnis (moon of Saturn)

Dark energy

Dark Energy: The Mysterious Force Driving Cosmic Acceleration

Dark nebula

Dawn (spacecraft)

Day

Daylight saving time

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium — Copernicus and the heliocentric work

Declination

Deep Impact (space mission)

Deep Impact (NASA comet impactor mission)

Deimos (moon)

Deimos — moon of Mars

Delphinus (constellation)

Delta Cephei

Delta Cephei: a fundamental Cepheid variable and distance calibrator

Delta II

Delta IV

Delta IV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle)

Delta-v

Delta-v

Denpa (satellite)

Denpa: Japan's 1972 Radiation Research Satellite (REXS)

Desdemona (moon)

Desdemona (Uranian moon)