Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

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The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

"Honestly, it's been a little devastating," Kevin Hardegree-Ullman, a scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at ...

A massive object from outside the solar system is passing through, but the world is not in danger. It is a rare visitor, ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

Tributes have been paid to a "towering figure in British astronomy" who has died aged 102. Sir Francis Graham-Smith was ...

June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is ...

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

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere ...