Aster or ASTER may refer to:

Biology

  • Aster (genus), a genus of flowering plants
  • List of Aster synonyms, other genera formerly included in Aster and still called asters in English
  • Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shaped like a star, formed around each centrosome during mitosis
  • Aster, a star-shaped sponge spicule

Automobiles

  • Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster, a French automobile and engine manufacturer from 1900 to 1910
  • Aster Società Italiana Motori, an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 1908
  • Aster (automobile), a British automobile manufactured between 1922 and 1930

Military

  • Aster (missile family), a family of surface-to-air missiles, produced jointly by France, Italy and the United Kingdom
  • USS Aster, a Civil War Union Navy tugboat
  • , two Royal Navy ships
  • Belgian minehunter Aster (M915), ship
  • Operation Aster, by the Soviet Army in 1944 in Estonia

Businesses

  • Aster (venture capital company)
  • Aster Data Systems, an American data management and analysis software company
  • Aster DM Healthcare, an Indian health care provider

Fictional characters

  • Aster Laker, a supporting character from the game Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
  • Aster Phoenix, from the Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
  • E. Aster Bunnymund, a re-imagining of the Easter Bunny in the 2012 animated film Rise of the Guardians
  • Molly Aster, from the Peter Pan series
  • Sajit Aster, from the Japanese manga Waltz in a White Dress
  • Neve, Gliz and Aster, official mascots of the 2006 Winter Paralympics

People

  • Aster (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
  • Aster Berkhof, a pen name of Belgian writer Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh (1920–2020)
  • Jack Aster, newspaper pen name of Walter Russell Crampton (1877–1938), Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician

Places

  • Aster, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Canada
  • Aster Glacier, Antarctica
  • 1218 Aster, a main-belt asteroid

Other uses

  • Aster (typeface), a serif-class of typeface
  • ASTER (sensor), a Japanese sensor on board the Terra satellite
  • ASTER (spacecraft), a 2021 spacecraft mission by Brazil
  • Aster CT-80, a 1982 Dutch home computer
  • Aster MIMS, a hospital in Kozhikode, India

See also

  • Aster Revolution, in Hungary in 1918
  • Astor (disambiguation)
  • Asterism (disambiguation)