An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has…
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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.
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…
Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez ’87 has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, announced today…
A team of gravitational-wave scientists led by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spent nearly a year imaging the northern sky in…
Early research on atomic nuclei yielded a wave of discoveries. A nuclear physics professor from…
Allowing for quantum corrections, the Einstein-Lovelock theory describes black holes with an equation that contains…
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what might the first horizon-scale image of…
Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars…
Earth could have lost anywhere between ten and 60 percent of its atmosphere in the…
Researchers at the University of Bern have developed the highly sensitive ORIGIN instrument, which can…
Matter swirling around supermassive black holes creates bursts of light that “echo” in nearby dust…