By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ultra-faint dwarf...
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way....
When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and leave behind...
Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb Space...
In a study published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team of researchers led by Kristen McQuinn, a scientist at the...
Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected differences...
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra...
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes,...
In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the...
An international team led by astronomers at Leiden University has shown in laboratory experiments that sulfur can bind with ammonium...
A Yale-led team of astronomers has detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects...
Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star...
