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Space science encompasses all of the scientific disciplines that involve space exploration and study natural phenomenaand physical bodies occurring in outer space, such as space medicine and astrobiology.

The following outline is an overview of and topical guide to space science:

Branches of space science

• Astronomy
  • Outline of astronomy
    • Fields of astronomy defined by approach
      • Observational astronomy – Observatories on the ground as well as space observatories take measurements of celestial entities and phenomena
      • Astrometry – studies the position and movements of celestial objects
      • Amateur astronomy
    • Theoretical astronomy – mathematical modelling of celestial entities and phenomena
  • Fields of astronomy defined by scope
    • Astrophysics – study of the physics of the universe; of extraterrestrial objects and interstitial spaces
      • Space plasma physics
      • Orbital mechanics or astrodynamics, which also has applications to spacecraft
    • Stellar astronomy – the study of stars
      • Solar astronomy – the study of our Sun
    • Planetary science – the study of planets, especially those other than Earth
      • Planetary geology
    • Galactic astronomy – the study of our Milky Way galaxy
    • Extragalactic astronomy – the study of the larger universe beyond the Milky Way
    • Physical cosmology – the study of the Universe as a whole
• Aerospace engineering
  • Astronautics
  • Aeronautics

Space-related interdisciplinary fields

• Astrobiology
• Astrochemistry or cosmochemistry
• Planetary science – overlaps with Earth science
• Micro-g environment research
• Forensic astronomy
• Space archaeology – the study of human artifacts in outer space
• Space medicine
• Space architecture
• Archaeoastronomy – the history of human understanding of the universe

Astronautics

Astronautics – science and engineering of spacefaring and spaceflight, a subset of Aerospace engineering (which includes atmospheric flight)

• Life in space
  • Living organisms in space
    • Humans in space
      • Women in space
    • Animals in space
      • Dogs in space
        • Soviet space dogs
      • Monkeys and apes in space
    • Microorganisms tested in outer space
    • Plants in space
  • Space habitation
    • Architecture in space
      • Space station
        • Space Habitation Module
    • Food in space
    • Medicine in space
      • Neuroscience in space
    • Religion in space
      • Christmas on the International Space Station
    • Sex in space
    • Survival in space
    • Writing in space
  • Human spaceflight

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Published in October 2017.

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