Earth-like planets have a thin crust, a large mantle (which contains a lot of molten magma), and a core. Inside these ...

Deep in the heart of our galaxy lies one of the most chaotic and mysterious regions in space. Now, scientists have created the first detailed map of magnetic fields in this turbulent zone, providing ...

Twentieth-century explorations answered many questions about our satellite and its place in the solar system. But they also raised many new and challenging questions that still remain unanswered. One ...

Might the universe’s most extreme black holes owe their existence to magnetism? In 2023, gravitational wave detectors LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA recorded an event that defied astrophysical logic: GW231123 ...

In 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized the field of astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying... How Jocelyn Bell once made a discovery that changed ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the first galaxies in long-wavelength infrared light for the first time. Alongside ...

The first galaxies in long-wavelength infrared light have been observed for the first time, thanks to images captured with the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) MIRI infrared sensor. These images ...

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, where the pursuit of scientific discovery and innovation meets cutting-edge research and academic excellence. Our ...