Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks. Using radio…
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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.
Rapidly rotating, asymmetric neutron stars that undergo free precession can produce both modulated pulse signals…
New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists…
Astronomers have captured the last moments of a star just before it was ripped apart…
Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of the…
The small Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on January…
A team of researchers led by Osaka University discovers “microtube implosion,” a novel mechanism that…
Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other organizations around the world, astronomers…
Astronomers from The University of Western Australia’s node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy…
New, most complete start-to-finish view of neutron star merger rewrites the way scientists understand these…
An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has…
Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little…
Andrea Ghez, UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics, today was awarded…
On September 14, 2020, a new planet was added to the list of potentially habitable…
Massive stars end their lives with energetic explosions known as supernova explosions. ‘Stripped-envelope supernovae’ show…
Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in the early solar…
NASA’s extensive fleet of spacecraft allows scientists to study the Sun extremely close-up – one…
An international team of researchers led by the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS…