Can we tell black holes apart? Astrophysicists at Goethe University Frankfurt answer this question by…
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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.
“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…
A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses…
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile allows astronomers to suppress…
From March 20-23, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured three sequences of our Sun in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By6sZ6RGCEQ In this animation, the viewer is taken low over Jupiter’s north pole to illustrate…
Scientists have decoded faint distortions in the patterns of the universe’s earliest light to map…
A telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to listen to a mysterious cigar-shaped…
Black holes in dense stellar clusters could combine repeatedly to form objects bigger than anything…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpoZ2QD4-3PATeFxAXK-8uA&v=AuNfBRaywU4 NASA’s InSight to Mars will be the first interplanetary launch from America’s West Coast.…