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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| Waxing |
The part of the cycle of the Moon’s phases when the illuminated fraction of the visible disc is increasing. The opposite is waning.
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