NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has detected surface features on Pluto, revealing bright and dark regions…
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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 has spotted a mysterious glow of high-energy X-rays at the center of our…
These new images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show one complete rotation of Pluto and…
Using a telescope that robotically searches for planets on clear nights, astronomers have discovered three…
Researchers detail why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, revealing that…
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, the Very Large…
A newly published study details the “missing link” between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts…
Since entering Mercury orbit on March 17, 2011, NASA’s MESSENGER Spacecraft has provided astronomers with…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy UGC 5797. The smudge of stars at the…
New research shows that a supermassive black hole exists in a place where it isn’t…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Moscow State University have discovered 11 isolated…
This Hubble image of star cluster Westerlund 2 was chosen as Hubble’s 25th-anniversary image. The…
A newly published study analyzes the time evolution of the luminosity of a cluster of…
Using the HARPS planet-hunting machine, astronomers have made the first-ever direct detection of the spectrum…
NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, or “NExSS,” coalition brings experts from a variety of…
Using the WISE-2MASS infrared galaxy catalog matched with Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) galaxies, astronomers reveal a supervoid…
Taken this past February, this Cassini image shows surface features on Saturn’s moon Rhea. Surface…
Astronomers reveal that previously reported measurements attributed to the effects of cosmic inflation are instead…