astrophilia means love of and/or obsession with planets, stars, and outer space. It carries an Arena rating of 1578, earned across 11 head-to-head judged battles.
Why “astrophilia” is a great word
A profound emotional or aesthetic passion for stars, planets, and the celestial void. From the Greek astro- (“star, celestial body”) + -philia (“love, affinity”). Unlike “astronomy,” which denotes the rigorous scientific study of celestial objects, or “cosmophilia,” a broader love of the universe as an ordered whole, astrophilia is the unsystematic heart-lurch. It is lying on cold grass to trace the Scorpion’s tail, the quiet awe before Neptune’s lonely azure disc, and the visceral longing inspired by the ghostly green shimmer of an aurora—a soul’s quiet, irrational kinship with an indifferent sky.
Etymology
From astro- + -philia.
noun
- Love of and/or obsession with planets, stars, and outer space.“One wonders but cannot even approximate, just what percentage of earth's population in any given century in the past has tried to go high into the sky. I suspect that the incidence of astrophilia may have been constant throughout our complicated evolution.”