A hole at the heart of a stunning rose-like interstellar cloud has puzzled astronomers for…
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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.
This ghostly image features a distant and pulsating red giant star known as R Sculptoris.…
The ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has for the first time…
On Sunday, February 11, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a total solar…
The galaxy Arp 220 is ultraluminous (defined as having more than about 300 times the…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster PLCK G004.5-19.5. It…
The universe is highly magnetic, with everything from stars to planets to galaxies producing their…
A star about 100 light-years away in the Pisces constellation, GJ 9827, hosts what may…
Star-shaped and swallowtail-shaped tiny, dark bumps in fine-layered bright bedrock of a Martian ridge are…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently turned its telescopic camera toward a field of stars, snapped…
Building a submarine gets tricky when the temperature drops to -300 Fahrenheit (-184 Celsius) and…
Dark matter is increasingly puzzling. Around the world, physicists have been trying for decades to…
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust…
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows an impact crater looking amusingly like…
Juno accomplished a close flyby over Jupiter’s churning atmosphere on Wednesday, February 7, successfully completing…
The Sun might emit less radiation by mid-century, giving planet Earth a chance to warm…
Extremely distant galaxies are usually too faint to be seen, even by the largest telescopes.…
Two small asteroids recently discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near…