Astronomers have detected rare radio waves from a binary star system, challenging previous ideas about their origins. These ...
This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...
Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...
Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to our own Sun. Now, two separate research teams have found solid evidence ...
The team tracked the signal back to a strange binary system containing a dead star or " white dwarf " and a red dwarf stellar ...
An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...
Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
In a new, groundbreaking discovery that has captivated the astronomy community, scientists have confirmed the presence of not ...
The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...
A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, ...
The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision ...