Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| N Star |
An obsolete stellar classification now incorporated into the group of carbon stars. The former N-type stars fall into classes C6 to C9.
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