A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to several hundred of years. The remnant is located in the "Large Magellanic ...

Astronomers discover an unusual neutron star that emits double pulses, challenging theories about stellar remnants.

If President Donald Trump was trying to comfort Wichitans and others rocked by Flight 5342 D.C. plane disaster, he missed the mark.

C.E, Chinese astronomers spotted a supernova and dubbed it the "guest star." The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Víctor M ...

Chilean astronomers have observed a cataclysmic variable known as V1425 Aql. As a result, they have found that this system ...

Our white dwarf Sun will cool for billions upon billions of years, slowly fading away as a dark, solid carbon-oxygen ball.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to detect millions of exploding vampire stellar remnants called "white dwarfs," shedding ...

If it’s real, some may question whether something with a mass about three times Pluto’s counts as a planet at all.

A Triple Star System Yields an Unusual Surviving Star Unlike our Sun, which exists alone, at least half of the stars in our ...

Predictions about when we might discover an alien signal from an intelligent civilization remain accurate, according to scientists.

Measuring distances across the universe is much more challenging than measuring distances on Earth. Is a brighter star closer ...

A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by feeding on its stellar siblings.