Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

Live 4K Sen video from space! June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the ...

On his first trip to the Grand Canyon Star Party, Dave Eicher joins thousands for a week of lectures, observing, and cosmic ...

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

A cataclysmic variable star was found as part of a project using two telescopes from opposite sides of the world.

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a ...

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A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...