Over 3500 extra-solar planets have been confirmed to date. Most of them were discovered using…
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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.
NASA surprised by how much water found in atmosphere of WASP-39b Using Hubble and Spitzer…
In the 1980s, scientists started discovering a new class of extremely bright sources of X-rays…
This image captures the swirling cloud formations around the south pole of Jupiter, looking up…
A detailed study of a giant impact crater on the Moon’s far side could provide…
In 1929 Edwin Hubble surprised many people – including Albert Einstein – when he showed…
A team of astronomers led by Prof. Judd Bowman of Arizona State University unexpectedly stumbled…
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on…
For the first time, astronomers have detected a signal from stars emerging in the early…
“Cosmologists are often wrong but never in doubt,” Russian physicist Lev Landau once said. In…
A Leicester mathematician has developed a theory to explain ‘heating by cooling,’ where the temperature…
A new explanation for the Moon’s origin has it forming inside the Earth when our…
Brown dwarfs, the larger cousins of giant planets, undergo atmospheric changes from cloudy to cloudless…
It’s amazing what a difference a little water can make. The Moon formed between about…
A team of astrophysicists and planetary scientists has predicted that Neptune-like planets located near the…
An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has…
In the 1980s, researchers began discovering extremely bright sources of X-rays in the outer portions…
Nestled in the young Ophiuchus star-forming region, 410 light-years from the Sun, a fascinating protoplanetary…