Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Astronomers have discovered that the sun had a close encounter with two blazingly hot massive stars around 4.4 million years ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

The filament of matter stretches 50 million light-years, and contains a row of galaxies 5.5 million light-years long that are ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

“Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned.

Astronomers have obtained unprecedented images of two star explosions, revealing complex ejection processes and delayed ...

Astronomers have captured unprecedented, detailed images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their ...

For 19-year-old Gael Gomez, the Mount Pleasant Sidewalk Astronomers has changed his life for the better. But soon, he may be ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...