Using a spinning table and a massive garbage can, new experiments simulated Jupiter’s swirling winds…
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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.
NASA’s NuSTAR satellite reveals new clues to why supernova SN 2014C dramatically changed in appearance…
This new image from HiRISE shows the layered bedrock in the volcanic plains of Lunae…
This High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) image reveals the changing dunes of Wirtz Crater…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft gets a closer look at one of Saturn’s icy moons (Tethys). Tethys,…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 4861, which is located roughly 30 million…
A new millimeter wavelength study of massive clusters from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has…
New SOFIA observations show the true composition of Ceres, revealing that it does not appear…
A new NASA video uses more than 100 images taken by the New Horizons Spacecraft…
New X-ray images from Chandra have shown distinctly different shapes for the structures around two…
This new Cassini image features one of Saturn’s small moons. The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is…
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn in a way no Earth-based telescope ever could.…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has examined slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely…
A newly published study provides a list of habitable zone exoplanet candidates from the Kepler…
NASA has announced a new mission that will send an unmanned spacecraft to a large…
The VISTA infrared survey telescope reveals the most detailed view of Orion A molecular cloud…
New images taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have revealed otherwise invisible details of…
Using data from Juno’s JunoCam instrument, citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko created this image of a…