Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers are taking a closer look at exoplanets known as…
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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.
According to a newly published study from Caltech astrophysicist Anthony Piro, a new kind of…
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Swift satellite viewed gamma-ray burst 130427A, which produced the…
This Hubble image shows the remains of a white dwarf supernova known as SNR 0519,…
Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, researchers discovered that galaxies in the early Universe…
Using data from the Very Large Array, astronomers have for the first time identified discrete…
A burst of star formation that lasted for at least 200 million years may be…
Two new transiting, close-in, giant extrasolar planets KOI-200b and KOI-889b, have been detected and characterized…
The below four-minute ScienceCast video explores the possibility that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer onboard the…
Researchers from the Kavli IPMU have used gravitational lensing to identify a distant Type Ia…
Using “characterization by proxy” and observations from the Kepler Space Telescope, researchers take a closer…
Observations of a newly discovered pulsar and its white dwarf companion, orbiting each other once…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers observed 20 nearby galaxies, some of which were known…
In a new study, researchers suggest that white dwarfs can still support habitable planets, demonstrating…
A new e-MERLIN image of Betelgeuse reveals two hot spots that appear on the sides…
Follow NASA’s Voyager spacecraft as they head towards interstellar space with NASA’s Eyes on the…
In a newly published study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis report finding tiny…
Using Hubble, WISE and the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, astronomers…