NASA astronomers will use the James Webb Space Telescope to understand the creation of 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.
By combining data from different telescopes, astronomers have discovered five new pairs of merging supermassive…
This newly released image of Saturn was taken by the Cassini Spacecraft several months before…
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars last month, sparking a global aurora…
New observations from ALMA reveal the first detection ever of an organohalogen, Methyl chloride (CH3Cl),…
Hubble views the scattered and warped appearance of galaxy NGC 4490, which is the result…
This Hubble image of the week shows one of the largest and most intense regions…
This newly released Hubble image shows elliptical galaxy NGC 4874 and many more distant galaxies…
New research sheds light on how certain types of comets influence the lopsided bombardment of…
Different methods of studying cosmic expansion yield slightly different results, including for the age of…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed the farthest-discovered active inbound comet, Comet K2. Coming from the…
Ten years ago, NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft set sail for the two most massive bodies in…
New research untangles many of the processes involved in shaping Earth, revealing that the mini-planets…
Scientists from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration report the first joint detection…
This new ESO image shows planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, as it…
This newly released ESO image shows spiral galaxy NGC 1964, which resides approximately 70 million…
This short ESOcast video explains why astronomers need radio telescopes like ALMA to understand phenomena…
This Cassini Spacecraft image shows the brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looking ethereal…