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ฮปCDM model
2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

A

Absolute magnitude
Absorption
Absorption spectra
Absorption spectrum
Accelerating universe
Accretion
Accretion Disc
Accretion Disk
Accretion Disks
Accretion model
Accretion processes
Accretion rate
Accretion-powered pulsar model
Acoustic peak
Active Galactic Nuclei
Active Galactic Nucleus
ADAF
Adam G. Riess
Adaptive optics
Adiabatic Collapse
Adiabatic temperature gradient
Admx
Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow
Age Dating of Stars
Age-metallicity relation
AGN Feedback
Agn heating
AGN Outflow
Alan Guth
Alcock-Paczynski Effect
Alexander Friedmann
Alexandre V. Filippenko
Allan Sandage
Alpha process
Alpha-elements
Alpha-enhancement
Amplitude
Andrei Linde
Angular Diameter Distance
Angular Momentum
Angular Speed
Anisotropy
Ankle
Annual parallax
Anomalous X-ray Pulsars
Anthropic Principle
Arms
Arno Penzias
Arthur Eddington
Asteroseismology
Astrometry
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB)
Asymptotic Giant Branch Star
Atmospheric circulation patterns
Atmospheric composition
Atmospheric disequilibrium
Atmospheric escape mechanisms
Atmospheric retrieval techniques
Atmospheric turbulence
Axions

B

Background noise
Baldwin Effect
Bao
Barred spiral
Barred spiral galaxies
Barred structure
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
Baryon-to-photon ratio
Baryonic matter
Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation
Beta cephei stars
Beta model
Biased galaxy formation