Two new stars, or nova eruptions, have been resolved in unprecedented detail by six optical telescopes operating in unison as ...

"With ALMA, we can now see the atmosphere of a dying star with a level of clarity in a similar way to what we do for the sun.

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Compelling evidence that the structure of matter surrounding supermassive black holes has changed over cosmic time has been ...

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

Trident Technical College astronomy professor Blake Crosby has a gift for translating complex science into fascinating conversation. He kindly agreed to answer imaginative questions about cosmic myste ...

For around a year now, the Sidewalk Astronomers have been meeting regularly in D.C. to show people that gazing at the stars ...