Using the Herschel Space Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered filaments of dust shining in…
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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.
Using data from Chandra observations of 62 nearby galaxies and data from the Spitzer Infrared…
By testing meteorites, a team of scientists discovered that levels of iron 60 were uniform…
A newly published study reveals the first detection of radio-emitting jets moving at more than…
NASA’s Goldstone radar is capturing new images of the 4.5 km asteroid Toutatis as it…
Cassini has spotted a river valley, which scientists believe is filled with liquid, on Saturn’s…
The largest ground-based radio telescope in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), can…
A composite image shows two “tails” that were created when cool gas from ESO 137-001…
Using the Submillimeter Array and another radio telescope to study the disk around protostar L1527…
This new Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 922, which is located about 157 million…
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), astronomers discovered a distant galaxy cluster, MOO J2342.0+1301,…
ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope captured this new image of the Carina Nebula, a huge stellar…
Earth’s moon might have emerged from a long-vanished ring system, akin to the rings still…
New data from NASA’s Ebb and Flow probes was used to generate a high-resolution gravity…
Located in the constellation of Aquarius, roughly 3.7 billion years from Earth, galaxy J2240 has…
One of the strangest moons in the Solar System is Saturn’s Iapetus, which features an…
Using ESA’s infrared Herschel space observatory and spectrometers on the twin 10-meter W.M. Keck telescopes…
Using radar data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, a new analysis of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan,…