Recent advancements in astrophysics have led to groundbreaking discoveries:
Gravitational Waves: The detection of gravitational waves by LIGO and Virgo has opened a new window into observing cosmic events like black hole mergers. Exoplanets: Missions like Kepler and TESS have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some of which may be habitable. Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Studies continue to unravel the nature of these mysterious components that make up most of the universe's mass-energy content. Black Hole Imaging: The Event Horizon Telescope provided the first image of a black hole's event horizon.