Space Experts Will Use Ultraviolet Light to Solve Mysterious Stellar Eruptions Screenshot from Twitter post of @fcain Astronomers claim that ultraviolet light can solve the questions about mysterious ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope doesn’t need a time machine to peer into the distant past. Thanks to its ability to detect ultraviolet (UV) light, Hubble was able to assemble this panoramic image of our ...

Astronomers have discovered that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher than previously believed. The discovery suggests that the ...

Ultraviolet light has a long history as a disinfectant, and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is readily rendered harmless by UV light. The question is how best to harness UV light to fight ...

Astronomers have discovered a new way for stars to explode. In a paper published Wednesday in Nature, a team of astronomers describes small, fast stellar explosions, which they’ve named micronovae. A ...

Low-mass stars are currently the most promising targets when searching for potentially habitable planets, but new research has revealed that some of these stars produce significant amounts of ...

Astronomers have watched a supermassive black hole take two bites of a star, and predicted when it might go back for a third. If it does, this should make for an intriguing stellar light show. Black ...