There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by…
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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.
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…
Our understanding of comets is linked to knowing our solar system’s early composition. A new…
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…