Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The ...

Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

Most supernovae result from the dramatic collapse of massive stars, but one important type comes from a more modest origin. Known as Type Ia supernovae, these explosions are triggered by white dwarfs: ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: a massive, shining object racing through our solar system. The object, which was ...

Scientists are still trying to understand how galaxies formed and evolved from primordial gas clouds into the organized ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once penned the words “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

Around seven asteroids or comets are though to hit Saturn ever year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it seems ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

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

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...