The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Venus on October 15, 2020, as…
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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.
The Milky Way galaxy is in the recycling business. University of Iowa astronomers have determined…
The “SAINT-EX” Observatory, led by scientists from the National Center of Competence in Research NCCR…
In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799…
It may be another 100,000 years until the giant red star Betelgeuse dies in a…
At present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a…
“Clusters form big families of stars that can stay together for large parts of their…
In a recently published study, a team of researchers led by the ARC Centre of…
Webb observations will seek dusty galaxies from the first billion years of the universe. The…
A team of astronomers from the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and…
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by…
Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks. Using radio…
Rapidly rotating, asymmetric neutron stars that undergo free precession can produce both modulated pulse signals…
New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists…
Astronomers have captured the last moments of a star just before it was ripped apart…
Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of the…
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, depicts a special class of star-forming…
Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other organizations around the world, astronomers…