The first confirmed heartbeat of a supermassive black hole is still going strong more than…
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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.
Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (skoltech), together with colleagues from the Karl-Franzens…
Intense radio emissions produced by the fast-spinning stars are caused by newborn particles interacting with…
ESA’s Sun-exploring mission Solar Orbiter has made its first close approach to the star on…
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work…
An element that could hold the key to the long-standing mystery around why there is…
For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so…
200 years of sunspot observations used by University of Warwick researchers to create ‘sun clock’…
With more than 4,000 planets known that orbit other stars, scientists have discovered that many…
Two prominent X-ray emission lines of highly charged iron have puzzled astrophysicists for decades: their…
A team of scientists, including Chief Investigator Ilya Mandel from the ARC Centre of Excellence…
Observational Results Bolster Challenge to Theory A new set of precision distance measurements made with…
Scientists remain perplexed by the activity, with some 40 papers so far giving wildly different…
Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time…
An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one…
Far, far beyond the orbits of the planets lie the hazy contours of the magnetic…
New research from scientists at Queen Mary University of London has revealed how long-lived Peter…
In experiments at the National Ignition Facility, a SLAC-led team found new details about how…