Astronomy is a study of events that take place outside of the Earth's atmosphere, and astrophyics is the part of the study of astronomy that deals with the physical aspects of the universe as a whole.

In 2372, the Astrophysics department aboard the USS Enterprise-E complained that the violent maneuvering and weapons fire used during war games with the USS Samson, interfered with their observations of the Pantera Nebula. (TNG eBook: A Sea of Troubles)

StarsEdit

• stars
  • black hole
  • flare star
  • hypergiant
  • negative star mass
  • neutron star
  • pulsar
  • red dwarf
  • red giant
  • spectral class
  • supergiant star
  • white dwarf
  • yellow dwarf

Planets and other bodiesEdit

• Planets, planetoids, asteroids, and moons
  • Planetary classification
  • Tidal locking

Other objectsEdit

• Nebulae and gaseous anomalies
  • Nebulae classifications

AstronomersEdit

• John Burke
• Colin Stanley Gum
• Hypatia
• Kenji Ifukube
• Isaac Newton

See AlsoEdit

• Astronomical objects

ConnectionsEdit

• Astronomy article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Astrophysics article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Astronomer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Astronomy and astrophysics article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Astronomer article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.