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Category:Astronomy
Randall often uses xkcd to express his fascination with the science of space, which is commonly known as astronomy.
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Pages in category "Astronomy"
The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total.
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- 1020: Orion Nebula
- 1052: Every Major's Terrible
- 1061: EST
- 1071: Exoplanets
- 1111: Premiere
- 1132: Frequentists vs. Bayesians
- 1189: Voyager 1
- 1190: Time
- 1212: Interstellar Memes
- 1244: Six Words
- 1246: Pale Blue Dot
- 1248: Sphere
- 1249: Meteor Showers
- 1253: Exoplanet Names
- 1276: Angular Size
- 1291: Shoot for the Moon
- 1297: Oort Cloud
- 1298: Exoplanet Neighborhood
- 1300: Galilean Moons
- 1302: Year in Review
- 1337: Hack
- 1342: Ancient Stars
- 1371: Brightness
- 1377: Fish
- 1389: Surface Area
- 1396: Actors
- 1405: Meteor
- 1422: My Phone is Dying
- 1440: Geese
- 1476: Ceres
- 1517: Spectroscopy
- 1522: Astronomy
- 1547: Solar System Questions
- 1551: Pluto
- 1555: Exoplanet Names 2
- 1583: NASA Press Conference
- 1606: Five-Day Forecast
- 1621: Fixion
- 1622: Henge
- 1633: Possible Undiscovered Planets
- 1642: Gravitational Waves
- 1644: Stargazing
- 1723: Meteorite Identification
- 1725: Linear Regression
- 1730: Starshade
- 1733: Solar Spectrum
- 1738: Moon Shapes
- 1779: 2017
- 1791: Telescopes: Refractor vs Reflector
- 1822: Existential Bug Reports
- 1828: ISS Solar Transit
- 1830: ISS Solar Transit 2
- 1852: Election Map
- 1876: Eclipse Searches
- 1877: Eclipse Science
- 1878: Earth Orbital Diagram
- 1879: Eclipse Birds
- 1880: Eclipse Review
- 1887: Two Down, One to Go
- 1895: Worrying Scientist Interviews
- 1904: Research Risks
- 1919: Interstellar Asteroid
- 1921: The Moon and the Great Wall
- 1922: Interferometry
- 1930: Calendar Facts
- 1964: Spatial Orientation
- 1973: Star Lore
- 1991: Research Areas by Size and Countedness
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- 2004: Sun and Earth
- 2009: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- 2014: JWST Delays
- 2017: Stargazing 2
- 2035: Dark Matter Candidates
- 2050: 6/6 Time
- 2062: Barnard's Star
- 2081: Middle Latitudes
- 2121: Light Pollution
- 2133: EHT Black Hole Picture
- 2135: M87 Black Hole Size Comparison
- 2172: Lunar Cycles
- 2227: Transit of Mercury
- 2233: Aurora Meaning
- 2240: Timeline of the Universe
- 2258: Solar System Changes
- 2262: Parker Solar Probe
- 2274: Stargazing 3
- 2310: Great Attractor
- 2319: Large Number Formats
- 2328: Space Basketball
- 2336: Campfire Habitable Zone
- 2345: Wish on a Shooting Star
- 2354: Stellar Evolution
- 2356: Constellation Monstrosity
- 2358: Gravitational Wave Pulsars
- 2360: Common Star Types
- 2401: Conjunction
- 2413: Pulsar Analogy
- 2439: Solar System Cartogram
- 2466: In Your Classroom
- 2469: Astronomy Status Board
- 2484: H-alpha
- 2513: Saturn Hexagon
- 2524: Comet Visitor
- 2550: Webb
- 2564: Sunshield
- 2596: Galaxies
- 2622: Angular Diameter Turnaround
- 2633: Astronomer Hotline
- 2640: The Universe by Scientific Field
- 2645: The Best Camera
- 2664: Cloud Swirls
- 2682: Easy Or Hard
- 2683: Fan Theories
- 2685: 2045
- 2707: Astronomy Numbers
- 2709: Solar System Model
- 2717: L6 Lagrange Point
- 2725: Sunspot Cycle
- 2750: Flatten the Planets
- 2762: Diffraction Spikes
- 2765: Escape Speed
- 2769: Overlapping Circles
- 2771: College Knowledge
- 2773: Planetary Scientist
- 2780: Physical Quantities
- 2783: Ruling Out
- 2792: Summer Solstice
- 2796: Real Estate Analysis
- 2800: Down
- 2809: Moon
- 2814: Perseids Pronunciation
- 2816: Types of Solar Eclipse
- 2820: Inspiration
- 2828: Exoplanet Observation
- 2844: Black Holes vs Regular Holes
- 2851: Messier Objects
- 2877: Fever
- 2878: Supernova
- 2882: Net Rotations
- 2886: Fast Radio Bursts
- 2893: Sphere Tastiness
- 2897: Light Leap Years
- 2898: Orbital Argument
- 2903: Earth/Venus Venn Diagram
- 2908: Moon Armor Index
- 2914: Eclipse Coolness
- 2915: Eclipse Clouds
- 2917: Types of Eclipse Photo
- 2922: Pub Trivia
- 2926: Doppler Effect
- 2930: Google Solar Cycle
- 2938: Local Group
- 2959: Beam of Light
- 2970: Meteor Shower PSA
- 2971: Celestial Event
- 2984: Asteroid News
- 2991: Beamsplitters
- 2997: Solar Protons