Before the MIRI instrument – one of four scientific instruments aboard the observatory – can…
Browsing: Astrophysics
Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that applies the laws of physics and mathematics to understand the nature, behavior, and origins of celestial objects and the universe itself. It investigates the physical processes governing stars, planets, galaxies, black holes, dark matter, and dark energy—seeking to explain how cosmic structures form, evolve, and interact. Through observations across the electromagnetic spectrum and data from powerful telescopes and space observatories, astrophysics explores phenomena such as stellar evolution, cosmic radiation, gravitational waves, and the expansion of the universe. This field lies at the heart of modern space science, connecting fundamental physics with the mysteries of the cosmos.
New planetary candidates found by sifting through archival Kepler Telescope data. A fully automated exoplanet-detection…
The world’s next generation cosmic observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is due for launch…
NASA gives go-ahead for $20M multi-institution balloon experiment led by UChicago scientists. Sometimes a question…
Solar Orbiter has already spotted plasma jets, solar outbursts, stealth CMEs, and even a comet’s…
Did Black Holes Form Immediately After the Big Bang? How did supermassive black holes form?…
The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “The Cow,” may offer astronomers a new…
New study finds a world about 146 light years away that’s not quite a planet,…
Astronomers found that white dwarf KPD 0005+5106 is stripping material from a close companion, likely…
ESO’s VLTI has produced the most detailed images of Sagittarius A*, discovering a new star…
Simulations reveal “stellar ashfall,” where dust ejected by gas outflows falls back to enrich outer…
The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is designed to answer fundamental questions about the Universe.…
A 16-year study of a double pulsar system confirmed seven predictions of Einstein’s relativity with…
Few black hole–star systems emit X-rays because only rare asymmetric stellar winds allow the formation…
Hubble Finds a Smoldering Remnant in a Blast From the Past In some science fiction…
Researchers study cosmic expansion using methods from many-body physics. It is almost always assumed in…
A gravitational-wave search for ultralight boson clouds found no signals but set new limits on…
Astronomers have discovered GJ 367 b, a tiny, rocky exoplanet just 31 light-years away that…