Using a new instrument dubbed SAM, astronomers demonstrated the significant difference that sharp stellar images…
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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.
A new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile shows NGC 6559, a star…
In a new study, scientists from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Supérieure…
Using data from the Very Large Array, astronomers have for the first time identified discrete…
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has a close call with the 3,100-pound Cosmos 1805, a…
A burst of star formation that lasted for at least 200 million years may be…
Two new transiting, close-in, giant extrasolar planets KOI-200b and KOI-889b, have been detected and characterized…
Launched roughly four years ago, the Herschel space telescope has run out of liquid coolant…
Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this NASA image of the day shows the spinning vortex…
This Hubble image shows the young star PV Cep, which is located in the northern…
The below four-minute ScienceCast video explores the possibility that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer onboard the…
Researchers from the Kavli IPMU have used gravitational lensing to identify a distant Type Ia…
Using “characterization by proxy” and observations from the Kepler Space Telescope, researchers take a closer…
Using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers observed meteors colliding with Saturn’s rings. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers observed 20 nearby galaxies, some of which were known…
In a new study, researchers suggest that white dwarfs can still support habitable planets, demonstrating…
A new e-MERLIN image of Betelgeuse reveals two hot spots that appear on the sides…
Follow NASA’s Voyager spacecraft as they head towards interstellar space with NASA’s Eyes on the…