A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System.…
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Cosmology is the scientific study of the origin, structure, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe. It explores the largest scales of space and time, seeking to understand phenomena such as the Big Bang, cosmic inflation, dark matter, and dark energy. By combining observations from telescopes, satellites, and large-scale surveys with theoretical physics, cosmologists aim to unravel how the universe began, how it has changed over billions of years, and what its ultimate destiny might be. As new data from missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and surveys like DESI emerge, cosmology continues to shed light on some of the most profound questions in science.
Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to…
Before electrical power became available, water fountains worked by relying on gravity to channel water…
Astronomers have detected an unusual X-ray outburst from a white dwarf in the Small Magellanic…
The first unbiased survey of protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars in the Taurus star-forming region…
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have made vital contributions to the observations of four…
Most stars with the mass of the sun or larger have one or more companion…
Discovery is the first detailed observation of the environs of a massive black hole outside…
Scientists using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced…
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers…
The path of light is bent by mass, an effect predicted by Einstein’s theory of…
A new model is bringing scientists a step closer to understanding the kinds of light…
We are all, quite literally, made of stardust. Many of the chemicals that compose our…
The most luminous galaxy in the universe has been caught in the act of stripping…
In November 2017, scientists pointed NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as ‘Oumuamua…
Most galaxies lie in clusters containing from a few to thousands of other galaxies. Our…
The new peer-reviewed study of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), which is a tiny fraction…
The sun, like all stars, was born in a giant cold cloud of molecular gas…