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Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...
Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.
Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.
The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Sidéral 7255 pays homage to the date Abraham-Louis Breguet obtained a patent for his ...
Started in April, the program is for veterans, seniors and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities ...
Learn about new observations that reveal an exoplanet is destroying itself by cuddling up to its host star, in an ...
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.
Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...
Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about occultations in this episode of "Minnesota Night Skies." ...
A newly discovered object, dubbed A11pl3Z, appears to be moving too fast and straight to have originated in the solar system.
Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...