A new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that a giant exoplanet, WASP-18b, is…
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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 NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have discovered a pulsar spinning five times per…
Astronomers used IPHAS data to create a new catalog of the visible part of the…
New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is helping astronomers determine what caused SN 2014J…
A new study from Cornell University shows that when the “Hot Jupiters” approach their host…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently completed a study of the dense cores…
High-Resolution images taken by OSIRIS reveal a detailed scientific description of the surface of comet…
Using data from the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have defined the inner and outer edges…
New research helps solve a quasar mystery that astronomers have been puzzling over for 20…
This new image of supernova remnant Puppis A includes data from Chandra and XMM-Newton and…
Using optical light data and Hubble’s UV light images, astronomers have discovered the companion star…
A newly published study from Durham University shows that interactions between cold dark matter and…
Using the FourStar imager at Las Campanas Observatory, scientists have discovered evidence of water ice…
Cornell’s experimental cosmology research group recently announced the first results from a Cosmic Microwave Background…
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…