This colorful image, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, celebrates the Earth-orbiting observatory’s 28th anniversary…
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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.
Researchers playing with a cloud of ultracold atoms uncovered behavior that bears a striking resemblance…
These NASA Hubble Space Telescope images compare two diverse views of the roiling heart of…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond…
LIVE, 6:30 p.m. Eastern: NASA TV coverage of the launch of TESS, NASA’s new planet-hunting…
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have completed an unprecedented “dissection” of twin galaxies…
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling…
Theoretical physicists used simulations to explain the unusual readings collected in 2009 by the Mercury…
Can we tell black holes apart? Astrophysicists at Goethe University Frankfurt answer this question by…
“The directive I am signing today will refocus America’s space program on human exploration and…
University of Miami astrophysicist Nico Cappelluti studies the sky. An assistant professor in the Physics…
This intriguing image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a massive galaxy cluster called…
A Science Pipeline to New Planet Discoveries NASA’s ongoing search for life in the universe…
This dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2, located some 2700…
A “core-collapse” supernova occurs when the iron core of a massive star collapses under the…
Planets orbiting “short-period” binary stars, or stars locked in close orbital embrace, can be ejected…
Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in…
On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…