Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

"The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy," stated Priyam Das, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales Canberra and study leader. Das further described the findings ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

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

Chinese researchers examining European data find freshly formed stars rotate much faster than their predecessors.

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of ...

Pulsars, the dense cores of collapsed stars, could potentially have tiny mountains on their surfaces, challenging our current ...

In Australia, millions of newly hatched Bogong moths embark on an impressive journey twice a year. Each spring, they hatch ...

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...

Recent research indicates that two corroded artifacts from the Treasure of Villena, dating back 3000 years, may have ...