Stars with the mass of the sun or larger are typically accompanied by one or more orbiting companion stars. The...
An international research team led by Willem Adrianus Baan from the star formation and evolution research group of the Xinjiang...
Astronomers have made a record-breaking measurement of a black hole’s spin, one of two fundamental properties of black holes. NASA’s...
As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These...
A new fossil galaxy, which was uncovered via a systematic visual search of legacy survey images using the Mayall 4-meter...
An independent reanalysis of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)’s observational data for the center of the elliptical galaxy M87 has...
The violent event that likely preceded our solar system’s formation holds the solution to a longstanding meteorite mystery, says new...
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday the agency will reveal the “deepest image of our universe that has ever been...
A Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists has developed the first-ever full 3D simulation of an entire evolution of a jet...
On the 50th anniversary of the discovery of a close connection between star formation in galaxies and their infrared and...
An international group of researchers led by Arnaud Belloche (MPIfR, Bonn, Germany) reports the first identification of iso-propanol in interstellar...
NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years...
