Andrea Ghez (Caltech MS ’89, PhD ’92), the Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine…
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.
Some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while…
At present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a…
“Clusters form big families of stars that can stay together for large parts of their…
In a recently published study, a team of researchers led by the ARC Centre of…
A team of astronomers from the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and…
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by…
The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Advanced LIGO) detectors and the Virgo detector have directly…
Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks. Using radio…
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…