A new four minute ScienceCast video and new Cassini RADAR Team study examine the surface…
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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.
New climate model research from astronomers at the University of Washington suggests that planets orbiting…
Hubble captured this image of NGC 4866, a lenticular galaxy situated roughly 80 million light-years…
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory captured an image of a coronal hole hovering over the…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to track the orbital motion of over 30,000 stars in…
Using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, astronomers have discovered a CO snow…
In two new studies, NASA’s Curiosity Rover reveals details about the Martian atmosphere and clues…
Update September 15, 2020: New research indicates that neutron star collisions do not actually produce…
As the search for habitable planets continues, astronomers detail how they determine which exoplanets have…
Using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory, astronomers watch in real time…
This three minute video from NASA details and explains the journey of sungrazing comets, like…
Scientists from the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University have developed a new interactive website…
By combining data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar…
While analyzing Neptune photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, an astronomer discovered a new…
A newly released Hubble image shows the remains of a star known as planetary nebula…
A new model developed by scientists at NASA shows that eccentric rings in debris disks…
New research presented at the 10th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves suggests that stellar…
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Telescope, astronomers studied NGC 2392 and…