The center of our galaxy is a crowded place: A black hole weighing 4 million…
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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.
Our Milky Way is a thrifty galaxy. Supernovae and powerful stellar winds eject gas from…
University of California Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its…
A hot, molten Earth would be around 5% larger than its solid counterpart. This is…
German-British research team simulates basic conditions for the formation of magnetic stars. How do some…
Out at the boundary of our solar system, pressure runs high. This pressure, the force…
Move over Jupiter; Saturn is the new moon king. A team led by Carnegie’s Scott…
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like?…
Researchers find evidence of a cataclysmic flare that punched so far out of the galaxy…
Food for young twin stars: Astronomers observe how two suns collect matter in a binary…
The galaxy pictured in this Hubble image has an especially evocative name: the Medusa merger. …
Astronomers using ALMA have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young…
New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the…
Astronomers have spotted three giant black holes within a titanic collision of three galaxies. The…
Last night, NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver — extraordinarily…
Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren’t exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned…
An international team of astronomers with participation by researchers from DAWN, Niels Bohr Institute, University…
Astronomers studying the outskirts of a distant galaxy have discovered the galaxy sits in a…