There are thousands of known exoplanets, many of which are too dark to directly see, but scientists have made a 3D map by ...

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...

If dark stars existed, they would have been capable of forming in the universe before ordinary stars could have formed. When ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

Exactly 85 years ago this weekend, astronomer Annie Cannon gave a radio talk titled “The Story of Starlight.” She was 78 ...

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

Astronomer Daniel Jaffe has been appointed the next president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Corporation – the international consortium building the $2.5bn Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). He succeeds ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

US based Indian astronomer Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal, one of the world ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...