This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere. NASA’s Juno…
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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.
Before NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew through the Pluto system in July 2015, many New…
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have analyzed data from K2, the follow-up mission to NASA’s…
Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the NASA/ESA…
The central black holes may be the driving force in how much star formation occurs…
Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater,…
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two…
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have helped to find the last reservoir of…
For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving…
Scientists have been able to prove the existence of small black holes and those that…
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock, and gas skyward are the…
Each exoplanet revolves around a star, like the Earth around the Sun. This is why…
This image captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter’s North North Temperate…
In astronomy, the devil is in the details — as this image, taken by the…
Mysterious features seen in light emitted from active galactic nuclei may be due to partial…
This turbulent celestial palette of purple and yellow shows a bubble of gas named NGC…
This HiRISE image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about…
We’ve all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking…