Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard’s Star, the second-nearest...
A discovery made by a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan tugs at the seams of some...
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million...
University of Arizona astronomers have learned more about a surprisingly mature galaxy that existed when the universe was just less...
The XRISM collaboration has discovered flows of hot gas in the core of the Centaurus Cluster. By comparing state-of-the-art X-ray...
High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483...
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black...
Nova explosions occur in binary star systems in which a white dwarf—the dense remnant of a dead star—continually siphons stellar...
A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought,...
With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered “middle-aged,” and the pictures of what...
After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The...
Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly...
