This newly released image from the New Horizons Spacecraft looks within Pluto’s informally named Vega…
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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.
Just in time for the 26th anniversary of Hubble’s launch on April 24, 1990, the…
New data from WISE and its predecessor, the Two Micron All Sky Survey, reveals the…
Fermi observations are helping researchers gain a much deeper understanding of gravitational waves. On September…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed marvelous sights on dwarf planet Ceres during its first year…
This newly released Hubble image shows lenticular galaxy NGC 4111. The elegant simplicity of NGC…
New images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal that Pluto’s haze varies in brightness. Scientists…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views a Y-shaped discontinuity on Enceladus’ south pole. A sinuous feature snakes…
Abstract: The spatial distribution of people exhibits clustering across a wide range of scales, from…
This new infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky…
Astronomers have discovered a hypervelocity binary star that challenges dark matter and stellar acceleration models.…
Even a super-Earth can fly too close to the sun, according to a new study…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics used the APEX submillimeter telescope to study the…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Telescope in Hawaii, a team of astronomers…
In April 2016 the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 26th year in orbit. During…
This newly released Hubble image shows dwarf galaxy Leo A, which is located roughly 2.5…
According to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Cassini…
Using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered an alien planet…