NASA has finally peered into the heart of a white dwarf system in a way astronomers have been chasing for decades, turning a ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That's easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

Journey to the farthest reaches of our solar system and uncover the mysteries of Sedna, a reddish dwarf planet that orbits the Sun once every 11,400 years. Explore its strange orbit, icy surface, and ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...