"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

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 ...

Algol is not a single star but a multiple-star system, primarily consisting of two main components, Algol A and Algol B, which orbit a common center of mass. A third, fainter star, Algol C, also ...

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 ...

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

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

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

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...