By using new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA’s XMM-Newton, a...
When my colleagues and I set to work on a century-old cosmic mystery, we found an unexpected celestial laboratory in...
Astronomers learn about the universe by pointing their telescopes to the sky. But what happens when a satellite comes between...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 857074, located in the constellation Eridanus. LEDA 857074 is a...
ESA’s star-surveying Gaia mission has again proven to be a formidable asteroid explorer, spotting potential moons around more than 350...
A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, led by Assistant Professor of Astronomy Rana Ezzeddine and UF alumnus Jeremy...
An international team of astronomers have used a powerful array of radio telescopes to discover new insights about a magnetar...
A team of international scientists led by researchers at Newcastle University, have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Although our universe may seem stable, having existed for a whopping 13.7 billion years, several experiments suggest that it is...
Astronomers have discovered that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher than...
While the moon lacks any breathable air, it does host a barely-there atmosphere. Since the 1980s, astronomers have observed a...
