This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the…
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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.
In the year and a half NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter, the science…
Observations of Ceres have detected recent variations in its surface, revealing that the only dwarf…
Notanee Bourassa knew that what he was seeing in the night sky was not normal.…
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory launch into space. The…
Craters can tell scientists a lot about the surfaces of planets, moons, and other bodies.…
Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red…
Using Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) mounted on the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified nearly 200 “protoclusters,”…
Astronomers have put NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on an Indiana Jones-type quest to uncover an…
Scientists report the existence of 15 new planets — including one ‘super-Earth’ that could harbor…
Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012. Dione is…
This stunning image from Hubble shows the majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the…
Water is crucial for life, but how do you make water? Cooking up some H2O…
The more solar observatories, the merrier: Scientists have developed new models to see how shocks…
A merger between galaxies can trigger intense radiation from bursts of star formation and from…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPHQHGwcpJg The first dataset from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Plan (HSC-SSP) can be seen…
Galaxies are not static islands of stars — they are dynamic and ever-changing, constantly on…
A new kind of star comes up from a study by SISSA’s postdoctoral researcher Raúl…