NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft captures a color image of the Hovnatanian crater, an elliptical crater on…
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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.
Astronomers in the SEEDS Project have discovered the least massive planet ever detected around a…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed a new type of stellar explosion called a kilonova. Kilonovas…
While studying subdwarf stars, a team of astronomers discovered two unusual stars with extremely high…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4517, which is located approximately 40…
Using data from Spitzer and WISE, scientists reveal in a new study that massive galaxies…
Scientists have discovered a graveyard of comets where some of the dormant objects, inactive for…
Data from Hubble’s COSMOS survey helps solve the mystery of “quenched” galaxies, finding that larger…
Using Hubble and the W. M. Keck Observatory’s 10-meter (33-ft) telescope in Hawaii, astrophysicists discovered…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a young stellar system that…
Using data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, a newly published study reveals that the intensity…
This new eight minute video from the European Southern Observatory explores 30 years worth of…
A newly published study suggests that planetary “runaway greenhouse” climates are more easily triggered than…
By being able to measure the distance between the black hole and the accretion disc,…
Using asteroseismic data obtained by the CoRoT space telescope, a team of scientists was able…
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory has…
This newly released Very Large Telescope image shows spiral galaxy Messier 100 and the huge…
On the nights of August 12th and 13th, astronomers will have the opportunity to watch…