An international team of researchers has uncovered what might be a critical step in the chemical evolution of molecules in...
Researchers investigate properties of double white dwarfs with new mass transfer stability criterion
White dwarfs comprise a class of faint stars representing the endpoint of the evolution of intermediate- and low-mass stars. The...
A previously unknown 100-to-200-meter asteroid—roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum—has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using...
Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the precise location of a powerful energy source hidden by cosmic...
A newly discovered exoplanet could be worth searching for signs of life. Analyses by a team led by astronomer Diana...
War, budget cuts, a pandemic and a crash: For all its trials, Europe’s ExoMars mission might be more deserving of...
Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That’s more than any...
Black holes are bizarre things, even by the standards of astronomers. Their mass is so great, it bends space around...
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by...
In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly imaged. Now, the famed system stars in its very...
After crunching a mountain of astronomy data, Clarissa Pavao, an undergraduate at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona campus, submitted her...
With simulations that go into finer details than ever before, Brooke Polak of the University of Heidelberg and Hubert Klahr...
