Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind…
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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.
For most of the 20th century, astronomers have scoured the skies for supernovae—the explosive deaths…
Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eye. A team of astronomers…
The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant…
Scientists have been able to observe the universe and determine that about 80% of its…
Gravitational-wave astronomy provides a unique new way to study the expansion history of the Universe.…
An analysis of 369 solar-like stars shows that solar brightness variations are extremely weak. The…
Computer models of merging neutron stars predicts new signature in the gravitational waves to tell…
The recently retired infrared observatory was the only telescope to spot a far-off flash of…
A direct, observation-based test of one of the pillars of cosmology. The universe is full…
Pulsars are dead stars that spin remarkably steadily – they are some of the most…
Not only does a universal constant seem annoyingly inconstant at the outer fringes of the…
Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter…
On the 17th of August 2017, the world of astronomy bore witness to an unprecedented…
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a…
The Hubble Space Telescope offers insight into the nature of exoplanet Fomalhaut b. What astronomers…
Just like we orbit the sun and the moon orbits us, the Milky Way has…
When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide forms ice crystals around the…