White dwarfs explode under certain conditions, but the causes of these events remain a mysterious process. However, the detection of a flash of ultraviolet light from one of these explosions could ...

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 ...

Five young stars in the Ophiuchus region were studied to detect ultraviolet radiation and understand its role in the ...

Images of stars released to the public, like the new image of Cassiopeia A revealed last month, fire the public’s imagination and kindle wonder in the breadth and beauty of the universe. But those ...

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 ...

The Optical Monitor telescope onboard XMM-Newton has obtained one of the most striking ultraviolet pictures ever taken of the ‘LINER’ galaxy M81. Strong ultraviolet (UV) emission is a feature of star ...

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 ...

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 ...