This short ESOcast video explains why astronomers need radio telescopes like ALMA to understand phenomena…
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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 Cassini Spacecraft image shows the brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looking ethereal…
Next Summer NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft that will get closer…
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the week shows galaxy ESO 376-16, which is located…
NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating charged particles to solve one of its biggest…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft captured this striking image of Jupiter as it performed its eighth flyby…
Using radio and X-ray data, astronomers reveal that the mini-halo in the Perseus cluster seems…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that fast radio bursts should occur…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered two asteroids orbiting each other that have comet-like…
New research from Yale University and the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey reveals that…
ALMA reveals a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the…
Astronomers observed V745 Sco about two weeks after its most recent outburst in 2014 with…
Using the Herschel Space Telescope, astronomers have made giant strides in our understanding of the…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft continues its farewell tour as it views Saturn’s yin-and-yang moon, Iapetus for…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year…
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the week shows spiral galaxy NGC 6753, which is…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers has detected titanium oxide in an…
Using the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers have discovered the first unambiguous signs of…