Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

An automated data-sharing system co-developed by SpaceX and American radio astronomers promises to protect radio telescopes ...

Researchers have been trying to explain this bizarre radio signal for decades. A new study hones in on its potential source.

For years, astronomers treated Vesta as more than just an asteroid. With its rocky surface, distinct layers, and volcanic ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found an unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

An ‘extremely stripped supernova’ confirms the existence of a key feature of physicists’ models of how stars produce the ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the field of exoplanet research has revealed a fascinating new planet orbiting a star just 124 ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of a ...

A team of astronomers has detected a mysterious “heartbeat” signal originating from deep space, capturing the attention of ...