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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.
Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and…
New images from a NASA sounding rocket provide the highest-resolution views ever captured of the…
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center…
Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that…
Satellite images from the BRITE mission with the participation of researchers from TU Graz and…
What is the origin of the famous interstellar object ‘Oumuamua? How was it formed and…
Unprecedented observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio of satellites, including two…
A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than…
A new scenario based on computer simulations accounts for all of the observed characteristics of…
Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off…
Massive Protostar Keeps Growing Despite Ionization Heating by Ultraviolet Light A massive young star has…
Not quite planets and not quite stars, brown dwarfs are cosmic in-betweeners. Learning about their…
A team of Clemson University College of Science researchers, in collaboration with international colleagues, has…
At first glance, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image looks to be…
Fast Facts A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at…
The next full Moon is the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon,…
Uranus’ strange axis of rotation and the unusual properties of its moons and ring system…