Physics[edit]

 In nuclear physics, the second magic number.[22]

 In particle physics, the eightfold way is used to classify sub-atomic
particles.[23]
 In statistical mechanics, the eight-vertex model has 8 possible
configurations of arrows at each vertex.[24]
Astronomy[edit]

 Messier object M8, a magnitude 5.0 nebula in

the constellation of Sagittarius.[25]
 The New General Catalogue object NGC 8, a double star in the
constellation Pegasus.
 Since the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet on 24 August 2006, in
our Solar System, eight of the bodies orbiting the Sun are
considered to be planets.
Chemistry[edit]

 The atomic number of oxygen.[26]
 The most stable allotrope of a sulfur molecule is made of eight
sulfur atoms arranged in a rhombic form.[27]
 The maximum number of electrons that can occupy a valence shell.
 The red pigment lycopene consists of eight isoprene units.[28]

Geology[edit]

 A disphenoid crystal is bounded by eight scalene triangles

arranged in pairs. A ditetragonal prism in the tetragonal crystal
system has eight similar faces whose alternate interfacial angles
only are equal.
Biology[edit]

 All spiders, and more generally all arachnids, have eight legs.

[29]
 Orb-weaver spiders of the cosmopolitan family Areneidae have
eight similar eyes.[30]
 The octopus and its cephalopod relatives in genus Argonauta have
eight arms (tentacles).
 Compound coelenterates of the subclass or order Alcyonaria have
polyps with eight-branched tentacles and eight septa. [31]
 Sea anemones of genus Edwardsia have eight mesenteries.[32]
 Animals of phylum Ctenophora swim by means of eight meridional
bands of transverse ciliated plates, each plate representing a row
of large modified cilia.[33]
 The eight-spotted forester (genus Alypia, family Zygaenidae) is a
diurnal moth having black wings with brilliant white spots.
 The ascus in fungi of the class Ascomycetes, following nuclear
fusion, bears within it typically eight ascospores.[34]
 Herbs of genus Coreopsis (tickseed) have showy flower heads with
involucral bracts in two distinct series of eight each.
 In human adult dentition there are eight teeth in each quadrant.
[35]
 The eighth tooth is the so-called wisdom tooth.
 There are eight cervical nerves on each side in man and most
mammals.[36]