Astronomy

Scientists find that magnetic fields and turbulence amplify each other inside stars’ hidden layers, slowing down the stellar cores’ spin

The James Webb Space Telescope is opening an exciting new chapter in the study of exoplanets and the search for life beyond Earth

Clues to the origin of this enormous cloud of gas have been maddeningly vague

Turning astronomical data into sound rather than images can inspire blind and visually impaired people—and maybe lead to some discoveries, too

A river’s “gut” revived, snake-saving social media, an intragalactic donut, and more success stories of the year

Two giant telescopes—one in Australia, the other in South Africa—will comprise the supersensitive Square Kilometer Array

By releasing astronomers’ data before they’ve had a chance to analyze the information, NASA will make research less fair and equitable

These new views of familiar space sights reveal details never before seen

The Gaia satellite is making the most detailed and complete map of the stars in our galaxy

How the JWST’s cosmic images are made

The James Webb Space Telescope has sparked a new era in astronomy

A new view of the universe, moral injury, opioid addiction and inequality, and more in the December issue of Scientific American