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Our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum goes back to Isaac Newton, but astronomers are still finding new ways to employ it. Astrophysicist Emma Chapman explores how much these invisible waves can reveal to us about the cosmos - and whether ...

A new paper claims that the "asteroid" a Japanese probe is approaching is actually a spacecraft of its own.

Astronomers have finally connected the dots.

Astronomers have finally cracked the mystery behind a strange class of repeating cosmic signals that has baffled scientists for years. Using Australia's ASKAP radio telescope, researchers traced the bursts to a rare stellar duo in which a dense white ...

The hottest giant planets in the galaxy should, in theory, have the fastest winds.

Photo credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given Astronomers released a composite image of Westerlund 2 that merges X-ray observations from Chandra with infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The result turns a distant star cluster ...

Astronomers have been tracking unusual bursts of radio emissions that repeat regularly. They say they've just found a "Rosetta stone."

Astronomers believe they've spotted a "planet factory" near Jupiter that could explain the origins of strange meteorites found on Earth.

An international team of researchers argue that special fungi could be used to convert the Martian regolith into crop-friendly soil.

In 2019, astronomers recorded a distant star doing something unexpected.