Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

Known as blue straggler stars, these age-defying celestial objects have mystified astronomers for more than 70 years. "Blue ...

Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, WOH G64 is a red supergiant and one of the most luminous, dust-enshrouded stars in its ...

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

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of ...

The big astronomical event in February is a rare “planetary parade,” according to NASA. You’ll be able to see Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter shortly after sunset on Feb. 28, ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

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

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

Over decades, he’s changed how his peers view the heavens. Space isn’t just an endless canvas to be studied at leisure, he ...