Astronomy and Space Exploration
- EADS Phoenix, a prototype launch vehicle
- Phoenix Cluster, a galaxy cluster
- Phoenix (constellation)
- Phoenix (Chinese astronomy)
- Phoenix Dwarf, a galaxy
- Phoenix (spacecraft), a NASA mission to Mars
- Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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Famous quotes containing the words astronomy, space and/or exploration:
“Awareness of the stars and their light pervades the Koran, which reflects the brightness of the heavenly bodies in many verses. The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness. Understanding the cosmos and the movements of the stars means understanding the marvels created by Allah. There would be no persecuted Galileo in Islam, because Islam, unlike Christianity, did not force people to believe in a “fixed” heaven.”
—Fatima Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist. Islam and Democracy, ch. 9, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Trans. 1992)
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