How can you fairly compare one telescope to another? It's all in the (angular) resolution. The entire point of introducing ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain ...

"All the odd shapes and swirling gas observed in the Perseus cluster now make sense within the context of a major merger." ...

Of particular interest to astronomers is the nebula's faint, Venn-diagram-like structure — two rings of ejected material shaped by the gravitational influence of the central stars. Scientists say the ...

Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), astronomers have discovered 15 new giant radio galaxies with physical sizes exceeding 3 million light years. The finding was ...

"The new model can account for both structure formation and stability, and the key observational properties of the expansion ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out before sunrise and view brilliant Venus. The planet, which is only outshone by the Sun or the Moon, will lie low in ...

Find Amit's Telescope in the Storage Area Find Amit on the lower deck Follow Amit Find the Astronomy Table Use the Astronomy Table ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...