Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

For years, scientists have suspected that stars can meet their doom by a one-two punch of back-to-back explosions — but ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

"Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System!" the agency's ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

The host star, HIP 67522, is slightly larger and cooler than our Sun. But unlike our middle-aged star, this one is just 17 ...

White Dwarf Discovery Could Transform How Scientists Measure the Universe In A Nutshell Astronomers found direct evidence ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.

This discovery marks the first known case of a compact planetary system with such a noticeable tilt between close planet ...