Tag: Astrophysics

A superflare erupts from a young sunlike star in this artist’s impression. Credit: CfA/Melissa Weiss Solar flares are bright flashes ...

Hundreds of overlapping objects at various distances are spread across this field. At the very center is a tiny galaxy ...

Slipher’s spectral measurements of the Andromeda and Sombrero spiral nebulae, as they were called at the time, showed these objects ...

Back to Article List From the December 2024 issue Dark matter does pervade the solar system like an invisible fog. ...

String theory is a mathematical description of nature that requires space to possess several additional dimensions beyond the ordinary three. ...

Back to Article List Vast amounts of research will focus on this strange force in the years to come. In ...