Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

At a distance of160,000 light-years, an aging red supergiant star in a neighboring galaxy has become the subject of an ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

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

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

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

Researchers have believed that Segue 1, a puny galaxy orbiting the Milky Way just 75,000 light-years away, was packed with dark matter, a substance in space that doesn't shine or interact with light.

When the National Science Foundation announced a competition to fund institutes in astronomy and AI in the summer of 2023, physics and astronomy Prof. Vicky Kalogera brought together a team of ...

The four presenters will have 10 minutes apiece to compete by using the planetarium visuals, explaining a part of the ...

Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space ...

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