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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.
A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior ocean in Jupiter’s…
Neptune-sized planet may be remnant core of a much larger planet. The “ice giant” planets…
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is the largest telescope with the highest sensitivity…
The newly discovered exoplanet TOI 849 b offers the unique opportunity to peer inside the…
Evidence of very high-energy gamma radiation from Eta Carinae. With a specialized telescope in Namibia,…
We now know just how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the Universe actually is,…
Measurements from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their…
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe…
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of…
An international team of researchers has found multiple planet systems orbiting red dwarf star Gliese…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter has successfully completed four months of painstaking technical verification, known as commissioning.…
An exoplanet the size of Neptune has been discovered around the young star AU Microscopii,…
The spiral pattern shown by the galaxy in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is…
Astronomers have made the first measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet, demonstrating…
A team of researchers simulated conditions on water-rich exoplanets in the laboratory and learned something…
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument identified the 4000th comet…
For decades astronomers have been puzzled by a gap that lies between neutron stars and…