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

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

From a silhouetted space station to glowing comet tails and swirling stars, this year's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

The race to connect the world through satellite internet has created an unexpected casualty: our view of the cosmos. A new ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Credit: A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae © Shaoyu Zhang Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

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The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...