The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains Vega, one of the brightest stars in the Pottsville night sky. As soon as it ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

A study using the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes has revealed that "an exploded star can pose more risks to nearby planets than previously thought." The Chandra team ...

But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

When huge stars are denied a glorious death, something more brutal occurs, and you get mysterious signals known as fast x-ray transients.

New simulations suggest that dozens of ultra-faint “ghost” galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, hidden from current ...

Triangle is a formation of stellar bodies called an asterism, made up of the bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair.

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Both cameras are far more sensitive than the standard cameras used on Earth. NIRCam and MIRI can detect the tiniest amounts ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

Goar’s passion is the Dark Sky Telescope Program that runs through Sept. 21, and that takes place in the Hurricane Ridge ...