Astrophysicists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examine orbit flips in exoplanet systems, presenting a…
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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.
NASA’s WISE and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered the coldest known brown dwarf, which is…
A new study reveals that the chemistry of a star’s protoplanetary disc could influence the…
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to group together over half a million…
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, researchers from the University of Washington confirm the first…
Nearly completed, the VPHAS+ catalog will include stars and nebulae that are as much as…
Astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone,” confirming…
New research reveals that sudden speed jumps in the rotational velocity of pulsars have a…
Using supercomputers like Stampede at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and Kraken at the National…
A team of astronomers from the Max Planck Institute and Monash University has developed a…
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ALMA radio array, astronomers have detected a flow…
Astronomers have discovered that supernova remnant G352.7-0.1 is sweeping up a remarkable amount of material…
By using gravitational microlensing and taking advantage of chance alignments between stars, an international team…
Using 140,000 distant quasars, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have made the most…
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CfA scientists examined 264,283 galaxies and measured…
As the gas cloud, called G2, edges closer to the supermassive black hole Sgr A*,…
Researchers have measured the mass of the El Gordo Galaxy Cluster, calculating the cluster’s mass…
New maps from the Fermi-LAT Collaboration show that the galactic center produces more high-energy gamma…