Thanks to a recently-observed supernova in a distant galaxy, astronomers have been able to find what type of star leads…
How in the world could you possibly look inside a star? You could break out the scalpels and other tools…
Thanks to a team from John Hopkins University, a star was recently discovered that is 13.5 billion years old, almost…
Astronomers observed a red dwarf superflare much more powerful than anything our Sun can produce. Bad news for any habitable-zone…
What exactly is a "normal" solar system? If we thought we had some idea in the past, we definitely don't…
A collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf created the object we call CK Vulpeculae. It was first…
Based on Gaia's second data release, a team of astronomers from the Leiden Observatory have observed hyper-velocity stars that appear…
A new study has shown that "nuclear pasta", which exists beneath crust of a neutron star, is the strongest material…
A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania suggests using maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)…
170 years after the star Eta Carinae erupted and became the second brightest star in the galaxy, astronomers now have…