NASA’s Voyager 2 has officially exited the heliosphere, entering interstellar space. As the second human-made…
Browsing: Astronomy
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.
Colorful swirling clouds in Jupiter’s North Equatorial Belt practically fill this image from NASA’s Juno…
Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has…
This stunning spiral galaxy is Messier 100 in the constellation Coma Berenices, captured here by…
Every few hours observing the Moon, ESA’s ‘NELIOTA’ project discovers a brilliant flash of light…
The SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) has been successfully installed at the Paranal Observatory and has…
Astronomers have detected an unusual X-ray outburst from a white dwarf in the Small Magellanic…
Astronomers have discovered a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere, which…
The first unbiased survey of protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars in the Taurus star-forming region…
The Earth formed relatively quickly from the cloud of dust and gas around the sun,…
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have made vital contributions to the observations of four…
Most stars with the mass of the sun or larger have one or more companion…
After traveling through space for more than two years and over two billion kilometers, NASA’s…
This series of images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures changing cloud formations across Jupiter’s southern…
This image, from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), reveals thousands…
Discovery is the first detailed observation of the environs of a massive black hole outside…
Scientists using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced…
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers…