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List of solar eclipses in the 21st century

The list of solar eclipses in the 21st century catalogs all 224 solar eclipses from 2001 to 2100, including the longest total eclipse on July 22, 2009.

List of solar eclipses visible from the United States

A list of solar eclipses visible from the United States, covering the 2017 coast-to-coast total eclipse, the 2023 annular, the 2024 total, and upcoming eclipses.

List of solar storms

The list of solar storms covers major recorded solar eruptions, from the 1859 Carrington Event, the strongest on record, through the 2003 Halloween storms, to the 2024 Gannon storm.

List of Solar System objects

The list of Solar System objects catalogs everything known to orbit the Sun: 8 planets, 5 dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and roughly 1.44 million asteroids and comets.

List of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion

The list of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion ranks bodies by the farthest distance each reaches from the Sun, led by comets and extreme trans-Neptunian objects like Sedna.

List of Solar System objects by size

The list of Solar System objects by size ranks the Sun, planets, moons, and smaller bodies by diameter, with the Sun the largest and Jupiter the largest planet.

List of Sony Cyber-shot cameras

The list of Sony Cyber-shot cameras covers Sony's Cyber-shot line of digital still cameras, running from the first DSC-F1 in 1996 through compact, superzoom, and premium RX models.

List of South American tornadoes in 2026

The list of South American tornadoes in 2026 covers tornadoes in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay during an unusually active year, including an F4 tornado at Piraí do Sul, Brazil.

List of South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones

The list of South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones covers storms in a basin where they form rarely, best known for Hurricane Catarina, which struck southern Brazil in March 2004.

List of South Carolina hurricanes

The list of South Carolina hurricanes covers tropical cyclones affecting South Carolina since records began in 1851, including the deadliest storm, the 1893 Sea Islands hurricane.

List of space groups

The list of space groups is the standard enumeration of the 230 crystallographic space-group types, each numbered and given a Hermann–Mauguin symbol in International Tables for Crystallography Volume A.

List of space telescopes

The list of space telescopes, also called list of space observatories, covers orbiting observatories from 1970s Uhuru to Webb, spanning X-ray, visible, and infrared wavelengths.

List of statements independent of ZFC

A list of statements independent of ZFC, also undecidable in ZFC: assertions neither provable nor disprovable from standard set theory axioms, such as the Continuum Hypothesis.

List of states of matter

The list of states of matter, also called phases of matter, covers the distinct forms matter can take: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma, plus exotic quantum phases.

List of storms named Saudel

Saudel is a western North Pacific typhoon name contributed by Micronesia in 2017, replacing Soudelor; Typhoon Saudel struck the Philippines in 2020 and Japan in 2026.

List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains

The list of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains, also called the Appalachians, catalogs the named ranges and physiographic provinces of the Appalachian Highlands from Alabama into Canada.

List of superlative trees

A list of superlative trees, the record-breaking individuals for height, trunk volume, girth, and age: the redwood Hyperion is tallest, the sequoia General Sherman largest, and a Great Basin bristlecone pine oldest at 5,074 years.

List of tallest mountains in the Solar System

The tallest known mountain in the Solar System is Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars rising roughly 21 to 26 kilometers, nearly three times the height of Mount Everest.

List of tallest trees

The list of tallest trees ranks the tallest known living individual trees whose heights have been carefully measured; the record holder is Hyperion, a California coast redwood at 116.07 m.

List of tectonic plate interactions

Tectonic plate interactions are how lithosphere plates move relative to each other where they meet: divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries, each producing its own landforms, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

List of tectonic plates

The list of tectonic plates covers Earth's rigid lithosphere slabs; the widely cited PB2002 model lists 52, including 14 large plates such as the Pacific.

List of Texas hurricanes (1980–present)

List of Texas hurricanes (1980–present), covering storms from Hurricane Allen in 1980 through Hurricane Beryl in 2024, including Harvey and Ike, two of the costliest in US history.

List of the most distant astronomical objects

The most distant astronomical objects are the farthest galaxies, stars, and transients from Earth, measured by redshift; MoM-z14 holds the galaxy record, with Earendel the most distant star.

List of the most intense tropical cyclones

The most intense tropical cyclones on record are ranked by pressure and wind: Typhoon Tip (870 mb, 1979) and Hurricane Patricia (185 kt, 2015) hold the records.

List of thermal conductivities

The list of thermal conductivities collects room-temperature thermal conductivity values for common materials, which span roughly five orders of magnitude, from silica aerogel at 0.02 to diamond at 1000 W/(m K).

List of topics characterized as pseudoscience

A list of topics characterized as pseudoscience by academics or researchers, such as homeopathy, astrology, and creationism, recording criticism without settling whether each topic is pseudoscientific.

List of tornadoes by width

The list of tornadoes by width records the widest tornadoes measured by damage path or radar, led by the 2.6-mile El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado of May 2013.

List of trigonometric identities

The list of trigonometric identities, also known as trig identities, collects equations relating the trigonometric functions, from the Pythagorean identity sin²θ + cos²θ = 1 to addition, double-angle, and product-to-sum formulas.

List of types of numbers

Types of numbers are sets of mathematical objects with operations obeying specified rules, classified by hierarchy, algebraic properties, integer properties, and numeral systems used to write them.

List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment

A Census Bureau ranking of U.S. states and territories by residents' educational attainment, chiefly high school and bachelor's degree shares among adults 25 and over.