Outline of space science

The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to space science: Space science – field that encompasses all of the scientific disciplines that involve space exploration and study natural phenomena and physical bodies occurring in outer space, such as space medicine and astrobiology.

[1][2] See astronomical object for a list of specific types of entities which scientists study.

See Earth's location in the universe for an orientation.

The science and engineering of spacefaring and spaceflight, a subset of Aerospace engineering (which includes atmospheric flight)

A laser-guided observation of the Milky Way Galaxy at the Paranal Observatory in Chile in 2010
The diversity found in the different types and scales of astronomical objects make the field of study increasingly specialized.
A proposed timeline of the origin of space, from physical cosmology
Astronaut Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk of STS-121 , a demonstration of orbiter heat shield repair techniques