NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed a new type of stellar explosion called a kilonova. Kilonovas…
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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.
While studying subdwarf stars, a team of astronomers discovered two unusual stars with extremely high…
Using data from Spitzer and WISE, scientists reveal in a new study that massive galaxies…
Scientists have discovered a graveyard of comets where some of the dormant objects, inactive for…
Data from Hubble’s COSMOS survey helps solve the mystery of “quenched” galaxies, finding that larger…
Using Hubble and the W. M. Keck Observatory’s 10-meter (33-ft) telescope in Hawaii, astrophysicists discovered…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a young stellar system that…
By being able to measure the distance between the black hole and the accretion disc,…
Using asteroseismic data obtained by the CoRoT space telescope, a team of scientists was able…
In a newly published study, astronomers used data from NEOWISE to reveal the true identity…
Using data from NASA’s Van Allen Probes, scientists have discovered how electrons in the heart…
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) took its first images of the Sun, revealing the…
A recently published study details new theoretical models that reveal how an outburst event in…
Using data from the ALMA telescope, astronomers shed new light on galaxy formation, finding evidence…
Using data from the Southern African Large Telescope and NASA’s WISE, astrophysicists documented the immense…
Scientists have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted, creating an unprecedented…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to track the orbital motion of over 30,000 stars in…
Using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, astronomers have discovered a CO snow…