For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Hints of the very first stars to light the Universe might be discovered in a faint radio signal feebly beaming from the dawn ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

All of the healthcare professions are crying out for regulatory reform, says Kevin Lewis – when will it be dentistry's turn?

The ESA wrote in a blog post: "By March 2025, astronomers had ruled out an Earth impact in 2032. However, the final observations of the asteroid failed to rule out another intrigu ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...