"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Université Paris-Saclay have reopened one of cosmology’s oldest ...

Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where ...

A mysterious, rainbow-like glow has been spotted shimmering around a dead star just 731 light-years from Earth. The ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

For more than three months, a pair of observatories, positioned on either side of the Sun, managed to track an active region ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

Betelgeuse’s long-standing mystery has been cracked: a hidden companion star is literally reshaping the giant from the inside out.

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, ...