A team of astronomers are, in a manner of speaking, on cloud nine after discovering a never-before-seen astronomical object ...

Astronomers have just watched a supermassive black hole tear apart a gigantic star, releasing a burst of light so intense it ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

The gravitational lens JVAS B1938+666 consists of massive bodies ranging from 6.5 billion to 11 billion light-years away, ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

Astronomers discovered a "quasi-satellite" of Earth, also known as a "quasi-moon," dubbed 2025 PN7 in 2025. NASA told Snopes ...

What makes the star remarkable is its location. Siwarha appears to orbit so close that it never leaves Betelgeuse’s ...

Astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea discovered clear evidence that a supermassive black hole can reshape a ...

The observations were carried out by the Breakthrough Listen program as the object neared its closest approach to Earth on ...

Now, a new Nature study points to an answer by catching four planets at a stage most systems never show us: The awkward, ...

Astronomers from our Physics department have discovered a striking and unexplained shock wave surrounding a dead star. The ...