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...
When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this...
A study published in Science Advances sheds new light on the mysterious origins of free-floating planetary-mass objects (PMOs)—celestial bodies with...
When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this...
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion star-forming...
