Our Milky Way galaxy’s disk of stars is anything but stable and flat. Instead, it…
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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 atmospheric image shows a galaxy named Messier 85, captured in all its delicate, hazy…
A giant, spiraling storm in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere is captured in this animation from NASA’s…
Scientists have charted the environment surrounding a stellar-mass black hole that is 10 times the…
The stellar wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula is preventing more new…
The wonders – and mysteries – of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 continue to multiply…
When the universe was still a baby – less than 1 billion years old –…
This striking image combines data gathered with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, installed on the…
Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, binging on matter with such ferocity that…
Data recorded by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of a neutron star as it passed through…
A new study led by Yale University astronomers tells the story of a galaxy that…
Galaxies with extremely high rates of star formation (from hundreds to thousands of solar-masses worth…
The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a…
A black hole four million times as massive as our Sun lurks at the center…
The strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesized…
This picture showcases a gravitational lensing system called SDSS J0928+2031. Quite a few images of…
The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, and its stars are arguably its most…
This image of Jupiter’s turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it…