Carl Sagan once said, “Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.” These words ...

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

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A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...

Astronomers have obtained remarkably detailed images of two stellar explosions -- called novae -- just days after they began.

A groundbreaking discovery published in Nature Astronomy has revealed a cosmic phenomenon that may finally settle a 30-year-old mystery surrounding the early life cycles of stars. Astronomers ...

Each ring is formed in the aftermath of an explosion, giving insight into the dynamic activity of SVS 13 from its infancy. An ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young star and giving rise to ...

This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of a colossal white dwarf to a catastrophic crash between two dead stars, turning a quiet ...