"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," ...

The signals provide astronomers with a look into the life, and death, of a massive star exploding into a supernova.

An international team including Cornell researcher Jake Turner has developed a novel analysis method capable of uncovering ...

The protostar is launching the longest outburst ever seen at 32 light-years long.

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

For Astronomy magazine's 15th annual compilation of Star Products, we've once again explored the vast astronomical marketplace to handpick the finest, most innovative, and most practical gear for ...

From degeneracy to galactic archaeology, white dwarfs are helping scientists make sense of some of the universe's burning mysteries.

The vast majority of stars form and reside within galaxies due to the presence of cold, dense molecular gas clouds conducive to star formation. True intergalactic space, characterized by low-density ...