Commonly thought to be long-lived satellites of our galaxy, a new study now finds indications that most dwarf galaxies might,...
If you look at massive galaxies teeming with stars, you might be forgiven for thinking they are star factories, churning...
A ground-breaking new discovery by University of Leeds scientists could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and...
The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in...
Last year the brightest flash of light ever seen in the night sky disturbed Earth’s upper atmosphere in a way...
ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) has demonstrated the highest resolution yet with observations of an old star. The observations show...
A team of European astronomers, co-led by researchers from the Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, used recent observations made with...
Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another—our...
A new study could explain the “missing” exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres...
Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to observe faraway galaxies, they see...
After a distant star’s explosive death, an active stellar corpse was the likely source of repeated energetic flares observed over...
In a study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have...
