Our understanding of comets is linked to knowing our solar system’s early composition. A new…
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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.
Studying the interactions between light and gas in intergalactic space, SISSA scientists are trying to…
Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or…
Zwicky Transient Facility observations reveal surprising transformations from sleepy LINER galaxies to blazing quasars within…
A team of physicists and computer scientists at ETH Zurich has developed a new approach…
A Columbia study suggests chunks of an exomoon’s dusty outer layers of ice, gas and…
Astronomers using the GBT have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly…
Star clusters are formed by the condensation of molecular clouds, masses of cold, dense gas…
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to…
The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini…
An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the largest features ever observed in…
UCLA astronomers notice brightest light in 24 years of observations. The enormous black hole at…
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have demonstrated a detector made from graphene that could…
Using radar data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, recently published research presents a new scenario to…
Nearly 30 MIT-affiliated researchers will share in the prize, while David Jay Julius ’77 wins…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a dwarf galaxy named UGC 685.…
In an unprecedented feat, an American research team discovered hidden secrets of an elusive exoplanet…
Two McGill University astronomers have assembled a “fingerprint” for Earth, which could be used to…