A study led by a researcher at the IAC and published today in Nature Astronomy…
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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.
“I believe the Big Bang never happened,” said Juliano César Silva Neves, a physicist at…
A mountaintop observatory about four hours east of Mexico City, built and operated by an…
The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of…
University of Sussex researchers have disproved the existence of a specific type of axion, an…
“By expanding our pulsar timing array over the next 10 years or so, there is…
An international team of astronomers has found the first observational evidence for a contracting white…
Astronomers provide new insights into the stellar explosions that formed most of these elements in…
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered the never-before-seen close encounter between two astoundingly…
A New survey of fast-spinning pulsar stars offers a better estimate of when astronomers will…
Astronomers have discovered a record-breaking bubble of ionized gas. Measuring more than 300,000 light-years across,…
Scientists reveal that laser-produced plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur…
A group of astronomers in Brazilian universities and research institutions observed a star demoted to…
Black holes make for a great space mystery. They’re so massive that nothing, not even…
Astronomers found a rich molecular reservoir in the heart of an active star-forming galaxy with…
Astronomers observe a binary neutron star merger through gravitational waves detected by the Advanced LIGO…
ESO’s Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) instrument at has found its first exoplanet, a hot…
Using NASA’s NuSTAR Space Telescope and the William Herschel Observatory, astronomers have been able to…