In a recent study, a team of international astronomers used the gravitational lensing technique to study the most distant individual…
According to updates by Tabetha Boyajian and her team, it appears that Tabby's Star recently experienced another major dip in…
A new study by an international team of astronomers has determined that stars in the Milky Way's halo actually formed…
Thanks to a new study by a team of Spanish researchers, the oldest star in the Milky Way may have…
The Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres (ExTrA), just went online and is now searching for exoplanets around red dwarf…
The IAU just approved the names of 86 new stars, the majority of which are derived from Chinese, Hindu, Aboriginal,…
A team of Brazilian astronomers recently made an unexpected discovery, a binary system consisting of a low mass-white dwarf with…
I've often been asked the question, "Can the astronauts on the Space Station see the stars?" Astronaut Jack Fischer provides…
Yippy-ki-yay! Saturn rides the back of a prancing pony across the evening sky. See it the next clear night.
A new video based on ESA's Gaia Mission lets you gaze into the crystal ball and watch the Milky Way…