The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween this year with a striking observation of the…
Browsing: Astronomy
Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth’s atmosphere, including stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae, black holes, and the vast cosmos itself. It explores the origins, evolution, and fate of the universe through observation, theory, and cutting-edge technology such as telescopes, space probes, and satellite missions. From mapping distant galaxies to detecting exoplanets and probing cosmic microwave background radiation, astronomy connects physics, mathematics, and chemistry to unravel the mysteries of space and time—revealing our place in the universe and inspiring ongoing discoveries across astrophysics and cosmology.
A candidate signal from Proxima Centauri turned out to be Earth-based interference, but it sharpened…
Creepy Look At A Star Weaving A Dust Web Sometimes, the sudden demise of stars…
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, the largest comet ever detected, is traveling inward from the distant Oort Cloud.…
A strange radio signal from the Milky Way’s center appears and vanishes randomly. It’s unlike…
An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have…
Webb will tackle the challenge of the supermassive black hole’s puzzling flares, which have proved…
Gemini South has enabled the first direct measurement of water and carbon monoxide in an…
Just like clouds on Earth, clouds of gas and dust in space can sometimes resemble…
The greatest origin story of all unfolds with the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s launch…
A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope’s cosmic microwave background observations has all but…
The mysterious BLC1 signal from Proxima Centauri sparked hopes of alien technology but was ultimately…
Granular physics reveals that Bennu and Ryugu’s diamond shapes arose naturally from debris deposition during…
The supernova remnant G344.7-0.1 is across the Milky Way about 19,600 light-years from Earth. It…
China’s FAST telescope has captured a record-breaking 1,652 bursts from repeating FRB 121102, providing new…
Meteorite evidence shows a vast early Solar System gap that divided rocky planets from gas…
Astronomers have announced evidence for a possible planet in another galaxy. This “exoplanet” would be…
At ALMA, we are celebrating doubly: on the one hand, October is the month of…