Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

This revelation means scientists might have to rethink Type II supernova models, which would result in some of these cosmic ...

A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

November has already witnessed the full moon and a meteor shower. More is on the way in the coming weeks of this month.

A supermassive black hole violently gobbled up an enormous star, producing a gargantuan cosmic outburst, according to a new ...

The universe teems with systems of two stars orbiting each other in a seemingly endless cosmic dance. Scientists have long hypothesized that one out of three massive stars in these binaries have their ...

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

In 2018, a patch of sky 11 billion light-years away suddenly exploded with light. Researchers thought the galaxy looked ...

The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

The 51st season of the Snowmass Rodeo came to a close on Wednesday with the final event of 2025.