Astronomers have witnessed the most powerful supernova on record, which could provide insight into the forces that shape galaxies.
A team of Japanese astronomers has found a connection between the dustiness of Red Giant stars and changes in their…
The Universe is over 13 billion years old, so a 12-year slice of that time might seem uneventful. But a…
Gravity is a funny force. The gravity of every given object technically impacts every other given object, though, in practice,…
Black holes are more than just massive objects that swallow everything around them - they’re also one of the universe’s…
Tracking exoplanets is hard - especially when that exoplanet is so far away from its parent star that the normally…
Since 2013, the NEOWISE mission has surveyed more than 19,000 asteroids and comets and discovered 72 new Near Earth Objects…
The story of KIC 8462852 appears far from over. You'll recall NASA's Kepler mission had monitored the star for four years,…
Beam us up, Scotty. There's no signs of intelligent life out there. At least, no obvious signs, according to a…
Nature once again shows us how hard it is to fit astronomical objects into categories. An examination of a so-far…