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The universe is a large, large place, with all sorts of amazing, untold wonders waiting to be discovered. The Astronomy Wiki strives to be the most accurate and extensive resources of all things astronomy; including planets (in and even outside of our Solar System), stars, black holes, moons, asteroids, galaxies, nebulas, and even more, that anyone can edit! There have been 985 articles since May 10, 2013. Solar System
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- December 25, 2021: The James Webb Telescope has launched!
- February 19, 2019: Wikia will be moving this wiki from https://astronomical.wikia.com to https://astronomical.fandom.com. The old URL will still probably work but you will want to make note of this change.
- June 6, 2018: Want to write about fictional planets/stars/whatever? Come check out the Hypothetical Planets wiki!
- February 26, 2018: Gonna be doing some serious revamps on this wiki soon. Stay tuned.
- January 20, 2015: We've renamed our Wikia to Astronomical Wiki. Have fun!
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7 February 2025
N 18:03 | Daphnis diffhist +430 UrLocalWaffl Message Wall contribs (my favorite moon of all time‼) |
16:51 | 2026 diffhist +76 UrLocalWaffl Message Wall contribs |
5 February 2025
N 18:44 | BepiColombo diffhist +277 UrLocalWaffl Message Wall contribs (Created page with "{{stub}} BepiColombo is a spacecraft built by the ESA. It has completed six flybys of Mercury and is planned to go into orbit sometime in November of 2026, with its routine science operations planned to start in early 2027. Category:Spacecraft Category:Space probes") |
18:07 | Mercury diffhist +69 UrLocalWaffl Message Wall contribs (Added links to first Mariner 10 and MESSENGER mentions. I might make them pages soon, also added BepiColombo's planned visit, although not all sources I've looked at seem to be up to date, so what I've put might be inaccurate.) |
17:52 | 2025 diffhist +45 UrLocalWaffl Message Wall contribs |
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