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NEAR-Shoemaker The NEAR-Shoemaker probe was launched on 17 February1996 by ...	Nebula An interstellar cloud of gas and dust. Bright nebulas ...
Neptune Neptune, the eighth planet in the solar system, has a nearly ...	nEUROn technology demonstrator The nEUROn project was launched by the French Ministry of ...
Neutron star The heart of a supergiant star that has collapsed during a ...	New Horizons The New Horizons probe is the first mission in the NASA New ...
New Moon The new Moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is ...	New Technology Telescope The New Technology Telescope (NTT) is based in Chile, at the ...
New Worlds Observer New Worlds Observer is the name of a project proposed by ...	Nix The familiar name of the Pluto's S/2005 P 1 moon discovered ...
NOAA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...	Node A node is one of the two points on the celestial sphere at ...
Nova A nova is an exploding star; its brightness increases ...	Nozzle A nozzle is a pipe or tube of varying cross-sectional area ...
NRO The (National Reconnaissance Office) is an organisation ...	Nuit des étoiles (Star night) Since 1991, the "Nuits des étoiles" have been ...
Nutation See Precession-nutation	OB association The OB association is a loose group of a few dozen or ...
Oberon A satellite of Uranus. Oberon (Uranus IV) was discovered by ...	Objective An objective is the light-collecting part of a telescope.The ...