A compact satellite no bigger than a mini-fridge has opened its eyes in orbit and sent home its first pictures of the cosmos.

The Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX) is a Medium-class Explorer mission that will conduct an all-sky ultraviolet survey. Credit: Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has selected four mission concepts for additional ...

At the centres of many galaxies lie supermassive black holes with masses millions or even billions of times greater than the ...

NASA funded four concept studies for flagship missions for the astrophysics decadal survey. The survey recommended NASA first pursue a large space telescope that would be a hybrid of HabEx (upper ...

An international research team has achieved an important milestone for astrophysics at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt: In the ...

What are the key scientific challenges for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade? Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s identifies the most compelling science goals ...

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Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Astronomical and Astrophysical observations have entered an era where the data collected by telescopes are undergoing dramatic ...

Letter: Gillian Morriss-Kay explains why she was also a formidable advocate for women ...

Astrophysics has always fascinated me because it is the branch of science that deals with subjects that straddle scientific reality and science fiction. What is the origin of the universe? Is time ...