This is a list of featured articles over time. Note that the main page sources its data for the featured article from here, not here.
Candidates
Current/old
2026
Q3
- Sep 17: stellar classification
- Jul 20: Sigma Octantis
2025
Q4
- Dec 15: James Webb Space Telescope
- Dec 4: Hydrogen
Before this, there were pretty much no criteria for what could be a featured article, and therefore many short pages became featured articles.
2024
Q4
- Oct 24: Rigel
Q3
- Sep 29: Perseverance
- Sep 17: Earth
- Aug 29: Sagittarius A*
- Aug 3: Uranus
- Jul 21: Pluto
- Jul 5: Solar System
Q2
- Jun 30: Mars
- Apr 2: Hubble Space Telescope
- Apr 1: extra:Golden barrel cactus
2023
Q4
- Dec 29: Alpha Centauri
- Nov 9: HD 100546 b
Q3
- Sep 22: Europa
- Sep 2: exoplanet
- Aug 27: barred spiral galaxy
- Aug 24: Messier 77
- Jul 28: light-year
- Jul 7: Phobos
Q2