By analyzing minerals brought back by the 1971 Apollo mission, a new study from UCLA…
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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.
For the first time, a team of astronomers has pinpointed the location of a “fast…
New research reveals that five of the 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy were…
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered comets plunging into young star HD 172555, which resides…
This newly released Cassini image shows Herschel Crater on Saturn’s Moon Mimas, revealing an indication…
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics finds that ultra-luminous galaxies can expel…
A team of astronomers view a shadow sweeping around a gas-and-dust disk encircling the young…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy RX J1140.1+0307, which is located one billion…
An unparalleled image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory gives astronomers the best look yet at…
A new NASA mission will allow astronomers to explore the hidden details of some of…
A team of researchers used a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather…
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has discovered some celestial objects traveling through our neighborhood, including one on…
The Herschel Telescope and the Dawn Spacecraft have observed the release of water vapor from…
This Hubble image of the week shows IRAS 14348-1447, which is located over a billion…
This newly released ESO image shows a disc of rotating, leftover material surrounding the young…
Using ESO’s planet-hunting HARPS instrument, astronomers have the strongest evidence to date that Proxima Centauri…
With the newly installed Band 5 receivers, ALMA has now opened its eyes to a…
Humanity’s great leap into the space between the stars has, in a sense, already begun.…