There's nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply - quasars. These are the most powerful and among…
A research team led by Caltech astronomers of Pasadena California have discovered an ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) source that is pulsating. Their…
Quick, do you have an Android phone in your pocket? A few small changes and you could help physicists probe…
Don't get too close to this little star! In April, a red dwarf star sent out a series of explosions…
Watch out! Carbon monoxide gas is likely fleeing the disk of a young star like our Sun, producing an unusual…
Bim, bam, smash! The Sun hurled two clouds of particles in our general direction, putting space weather watchers on alert.…
While the stars appear unchanging when you take a quick look at the night sky, there is so much variability…
X marks the spot: after probing the area where a star used to be, in X-rays, astronomers have been able…
Is this group of stars belonging to one generation, or more? That's one of the things that was puzzling astronomers…
Nature once again shows us how hard it is to fit astronomical objects into categories. An examination of a so-far…