Observations

Bioluminescent “milky seas” have puzzled sailors and scientists for centuries. However, thanks to a new database of 400 years of observations, scientists are finally uncovering what may be the cause behind this rare and spectacular glow: a bioluminescent bacterium.

M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow

The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects over the last decade to revolutionise the view of our home galaxy and cosmic neighbourhood.

Observations detect young and energetic pulsar in a supernova remnant

Observations by DESI Open the Door to Modified Gravity Models

Observations by DESI Open the Door to Modified Gravity Models

Observations by DESI Open the Door to Modified Gravity Models

Observations detect a new long-period radio transient associated with supernova remnant G22.7-0.2

Observations detect hundreds of possible supergiant stars in two nearby galaxies

Observations confirm that early-universe quasar neighborhoods are densely populated with companion galaxies

Observations provide crucial insights into the nature of a white dwarf–brown dwarf binary

Observations confirm plasma bubble origin of persistent radio emissions from fast radio bursts

Observations explore stellar content of nearby young open cluster Berkeley 59

TOI-1685 b is a hot and rocky super-Earth exoplanet, observations find

NASA probe’s close-up observations of the Sun show a multitude of solar energetic particle events

Euclid space telescope reveals more than 300,000 new objects in 1st 24 hours of observations (photos)

Supernova SN 2023fyq exhibited long-lasting pre-explosion activity, observations show

Bloodstain pattern dynamics in microgravity: Observations of a pilot study in the next frontier of forensic science

MIT astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars. The observations suggest some of earliest “monster” black holes grew from massive cosmic seeds.

Alien Life On K2-18b? Scientists Excited To See Observations From Planet Twice The Size Of Earth