A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed low-frequency radio image of the Milky Way ever produced, an enormous patchwork of cosmic light and color revealing thousands of structures across the ...

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A team of astronomers has just published a detailed catalog of 2,100 stars, considered as potentially hosting planets ...

New research suggests that the x-ray light coming from the Milky Way’s central black hole Sagittarius A* has changed ...

The Beehive Cluster, a group of about 1,000 stars, will be visible to skywatchers throughout January. Here's how to see it in ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

Scholars widely agree that astronomy is a gateway science – that it inspires a core human interest in science among people of all ages, from senior citizens to schoolchildren. Helping young people tap ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way ...

They're called ghost particles for a reason. They're everywhere—trillions of them constantly stream through everything: our ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...