Based on data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission, a team of international astronomers has…
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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 study examines the probability of life existing on extrasolar moons, identifying tidal heating…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, scientists gathered new data on the asteroid Apophis, an asteroid…
By using the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope to simultaneously view the brown…
A new Hubble image has allowed scientists to calculate the orbital motion of the planet…
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is providing scientists with greater sensitivity and imaging capability and…
While using the 305-meter William E. Gordon Telescope at Arecibo, researchers discovered an outburst in…
By looking for a dip in the brightness as planets pass in front of their…
Over the holidays, NASA’s Curiosity rover returned new images of “Snake River” and is now…
A new Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 5011C, which astronomers now believe is a dwarf…
New images from NASA’s reveal that large impacts of asteroids may have altered Vesta’s shape…
In a newly published study, an international team of astronomers describe how they detected and…
By analyzing planets orbiting a star called Kepler-32, astronomers at Caltech estimate that there are…
Using the ALMA telescope, scientists have made the first direct observations of the streams of…
By combining images from the SOHO satellite and Proba-2 satellite with ground-based images, scientists created…
A team of scientists from Stanford, MIT, and JPL has developed an autonomous system for…
This new Hubble image shows the star-forming ring that surrounds spiral galaxy NGC 1097, a…
It has been roughly 100 years since cosmic rays first became an object of curiosity…