A newly published study details the discovery of the first binary system consisting of 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.
Using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, researchers have discovered a pulsar that varies…
Using the HARPS planet-finding instrument on ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers have discovered three exoplanets orbiting…
Using data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, researchers announced that they have measured the…
A newly published study details the discovery of a new class of “hypervelocity stars” -…
New observations obtained as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Program view deep inside the…
A newly published study reveals that the odds of Super-Earth exoplanets having an Earth-like climate…
New data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft have led to the discovery of a rare subclass…
While combing through several years of Chandra data, researchers discovered a black hole destroying a…
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, researchers discovered more than 100 dwarf galaxies…
New research with the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed four unusually bright galaxies as they…
While searching Kepler data for exomoons, astronomers discovered the first Earth-mass planet that crosses in…
Using NASA’s Fermi observatory, researchers have made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens,…
Astronomers used ALMA to observe the remains of Supernova 1987A, seeing for the first time…
Using the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers have discovered a triple star system with two white…
New research from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array makes disk fragmentation the strongest…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers from the University of Chicago have detected…
This eight-minute Hubblecast video takes a look at gravitational lensing, explaining how it works and…