Cornell’s experimental cosmology research group recently announced the first results from a Cosmic Microwave Background…
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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.
Using a technique called “spectro-astrometry,” which enables small changes in the position of the carbon…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics used Fermi to monitor the gamma-ray variability of…
New breakthrough research on dark matter explores dark matter candidates as quantum flavor-mixed particles and…
Astronomers have identified a new galactic supercluster, clarifying the boundaries of our galactic neighborhood and…
New images from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory show a dramatic solar eruption captured by…
Scientists have discovered a new marker to track the course of the solar cycle, providing…
A newly published study details how astronomers from UC Santa Cruz used supercomputer simulations to…
Using a global network of radio telescopes, astronomers have measured the distance to the Pleiades…
A team of astronomers studying the surface vibrations in thirty-four young stars has found a…
Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a huge amount of fresh dust around…
New research shows without a doubt that white dwarf stars can reignite and explode as…
A team of astronomers has discovered that filaments of star-forming gas near the Orion Nebula…
A team of astronomers has discovered indications of water clouds in the coldest known brown…
A new four minute ScienceCasts video examines evidence that our solar system is inside a…
The Eta Carinae star system reveals new clues about its nature through the X-rays it…
Astronomers used a vast network of radio telescopes to obtain many images of supernova 2014J,…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have detected a pair of white dwarf stars…