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{{short description|Open cluster in the constellation Carina}} | caption = Open cluster NGC 3114 in Carina ...

...idth]], W_λ, of a spectral line and the continuum luminosity, L, in broad UV optical emission lines. This means that the ratio of brightness of ...ffect was discovered in observations of high-[[redshift]] quasars reported in 1977, and has been commonly named after the discoverer<ref name = PoggePete ...

{{Short description|Variable star in the constellation Scutum}} ...pulsating variable]] known as an [[RV Tauri variable]]. It was discovered in 1795 by [[Edward Pigott]] at a time when only a few [[variable star]]s were ...

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Aquila}} ...olved stars: Application to HD 179821|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=388|issue=2|pages=716|last1=Nordhaus|first1=J.|last2=Minchev ...

{{Short description|Carbon star in the constellation Leo Minor}} ...n Sky Survey]].<ref name="Ulrich"/> It is the second brightest carbon star in the near-infrared, after CW Leonis (which is much closer to us).<ref name=" ...

...[Ellis R. Lippincott Award]] {{small|(1998)}}<br/>[[E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy]] {{small|(2002)}}<br/>[[Davy Medal]] {{small|(2004)}} ...is a Japanese-American [[spectroscopist]] and [[astronomer]] specializing in the field of [[galactic astronomy]], known as a pioneer of [[astrochemistry ...

...microorganisms into space to be used as [[introduced species]] on other [[astronomical object]]s. ...lFuture" >{{Cite journal|last = Mautner |first = Michael N. | title = Life in the cosmological future: Resources, biomass and populations | journal = Jo ...

{{short description|Set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit}} ...ngs and small ring moons. Further to the right large round moons are shown in order of their distance.| caption1 = Saturn, its rings and major icy moons— ...

...close to what a human eye would have seen, and is caused by layers of haze in the atmosphere ...face pressure of the atmosphere of Pluto, measured by ''[[New Horizons]]'' in 2015, is about {{nobr|1 [[Pascal (unit)|Pa]]}} ({{nobr|10 μ[[Bar (unit)|bar ...

{{Short description|Fundamental quantity in physics}} ...pg|thumb|right|[[Léon Foucault|Foucault]]'s [[Foucault pendulum|pendulum]] in the [[Panthéon, Paris|Panthéon]] of [[Paris]] can measure [[time]] as well ...

...spot observed by ''Voyager 2'' was designated GDS-89 for "Great Dark Spot 1989".}} | discovered = 23 September 1846 ...

...ts z~10.4-13.2. The most distant galaxies at z=13.20 and z=12.63 are newly discovered by JADES NIRCam imaging, while the z=10.38 and z=11.58 galaxies confirm pre ...astronomical objects discovered and verified so far, and the time periods in which they were so classified. ...

{{Distinguish||text=the [[Planet X]] proposed in 1906 by [[Percival Lowell]]}} {{About|the hypothetical planet first suggested in 2014|the dwarf planet previously classified as the Solar System's ninth pla ...

This is a '''list of notable Italian scientists''' organized by the era in which they were active. ...0&nbsp;BC–460&nbsp;BC), İtalian-Greek philosopher, defender of rationalism in philosophy ...

...g list is composed of objects, concepts, phenomena and processes that were discovered or invented by people from the [[Netherlands]]. ...ossils of ''Pithecanthropus erectus'' (now ''Homo erectus'') found in Java in 1891. Estimated to be between 700,000 and 1,000,000 years old, at the time ...

...Poisson]]. The process itself was discovered independently and repeatedly in several settings, including experiments on [[radioactive decay]], telephone ...s, Volume II- Applications'', volume 4, No 1–2 of ''Foundations and Trends in Networking''. NoW Publishers, 2009.</ref><ref name="Haenggi2009">M. Haenggi ...

...electron microscope]] (SEM) photo of a dust particle collected by [[NASA]] in the [[stratosphere]] together with its [[energy-dispersive X-ray spectrosco ...n in order to obtain information on the [[astronomical object]]s occurring in [[outer space]]. Dust astronomy overlaps with the fields of [[Planetary sci ...

...><ref name="EKWXb" /><ref name="UxcVg" /> and it is the largest [[planet]] in the [[Solar System]].<ref name="Ujyhy" />]] Below is a '''list of the largest [[exoplanet]]s''' so far discovered, in terms of physical size, ordered by radius. ...

...metry had appeared throughout history, including the work of [[Desargues]] in the 17th century, all the way back to the implicit use of [[spherical geome ...em|Wiles's proof]] of [[Fermat's Last Theorem]], a problem that was stated in terms of [[elementary arithmetic]], and remained unsolved for several centu ...

{{Short description|List of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in aerospace engineering}} ...or (in [[broadcast engineering]]) [[height above average terrain]] (HAAT). In other words, these expressions (AGL, AMSL, HAAT) indicate where the "zero l ...