In late 2019, the previously unremarkable galaxy SDSS1335+0728 suddenly started shining brighter than ever before. To understand why, astronomers have...
A team of scientists used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a...
Astronomers believe that at the heart of most, if not all, galaxies sits a titanic black hole with a mass...
In a discovery that challenges the conventional understanding of cosmology, scientists at Case Western Reserve University have unearthed new evidence...
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Vienna has deciphered the formation history of young star clusters,...
Astronomers have captured what appears to be a snapshot of a massive collision of giant asteroids in Beta Pictoris, a...
It may seem like the sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving, but the sun is...
Astronomers have used new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the retired SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) as...
“Classical Cepheids” are a type of pulsating star that rhythmically brighten and dim over time. These pulsations help astronomers measure...
The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make...
Several international research groups have already confirmed the theory that there are two black holes at the center of the...
Most of the universe is invisible to the human eye. The building blocks of stars are only revealed in wavelengths...
