Swirling through the Milky Way’s central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of...
Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process...
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, astronomers...
A recent study reveals that the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star” holds more mystery but is even less likely to...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
At least two mass extinction events in Earth’s history were likely caused by the “devastating” effects of nearby supernova explosions,...
Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionized matter from their centers, aimed towards Earth. Depending on properties...
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish...
In just over three years since its launch, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has generated significant and unprecedented insights...
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red...
In the ALMAGAL project, an international research team will analyze observations of more than a thousand “star factories” to better...
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard’s Star, the second-nearest...
