An international team of astronomers with participation by researchers from DAWN, Niels Bohr Institute, University…
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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 studying the outskirts of a distant galaxy have discovered the galaxy sits in a…
This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust…
Some relationships are written in the stars. That’s definitely the case for supermassive black holes…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has for the first time seen the aftermath of…
[Editor’s Note: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was officially renamed the Nancy Grace…
Astrophysicists Jon Hakkila of the College of Charleston and Robert Nemiroff of the Michigan Technological…
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time observed that a fast…
Astronomers detected a giant planet orbiting a small star. The planet has much more mass…
Astronomers have discovered a giant Jupiter-like exoplanet in an unlikely location — orbiting a small…
There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy Messier 86. Despite its…
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the immediate aftermath of a star being violently…
Using the Subaru, Keck, and Gemini Telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a…
How do the most monstrous black holes in the universe form? It’s a mystery that…
This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping…
There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of…
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely…