"It's like looking back in time in a sense, to that violent period of our solar system when it was less than a billion years ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and elsewhere have observed the Taurus star-forming region, which ...

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ...

Astronomers tracked a decade of dramatic changes in P13, a neutron star undergoing supercritical accretion. Its X-ray ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

This interstellar vagabond is only the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered — an asteroid or comet ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre carbon-rich planet orbiting a neutron star, PSR J2322-2650b, with soot clouds and ...

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, challenging astronomers to rethink how neutron stars are born and collide.

Animation of the findings by researchers who used time-delay cosmography to independently confirm that the universe’s current ...

A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...

AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - The shortest day of the year is coming up on Sunday with it being the first day of winter. To ...