Stars with the mass of the sun or larger are typically accompanied by one or more orbiting companion stars. The...
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...
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday the agency will reveal the “deepest image of our universe that has ever been...
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...
Life on Earth began in the oceans. In the search for life on other planets, the potential for liquid water...
A supernova is the catastrophic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae, in particular, signal the complete destruction of a white...
An international group of astronomers, led by Juan Diego Soler of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), have found...
The supermassive black hole (SMBH) at our galaxy’s core, Sagittarius A*, is modest in size with only 4.15 million solar-masses....
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA’s Lunar...
A University of Arizona-led team of astronomers has created a detailed, three-dimensional image of a dying hypergiant star. The team,...
