**

** may refer to:


 * , to express exponentiation in some programming languages
 * , a pointer to a pointer in C syntax
 * , interpolation of keyword arguments into function calls in Python; See Asterisk
 * , symbol in astronomical notation representing:
 * binary star
 * double star
 * multiple star
 * multiple star system
 * 2018 Winter Paralympics (**), whose logo is a pair of vertically side-by-side 1-pointed asterisks