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Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

On his first trip to the Grand Canyon Star Party, Dave Eicher joins thousands for a week of lectures, observing, and cosmic ...

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic ...