A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

I'm fascinated by Wolf-Rayet stars and want to know more about them. Are some of them observable with a small (4-inch) telescope? Pete Singley Reedsport, Oregon Wolf-Rayets (WR) are hot, young, ...

Astronomers have been treated to a stunning fireworks display from around a young star called The events, detected in 2004 ...

Observing the Universe often means contemplating phenomena that occurred millions of years ago. But sometimes, the opportunity arises to capture a cosmic event almost in real-time, as if we were ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such ...

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a high-speed data connection. In a year and a half, Starfront Observatories in ...

"With ALMA, we can now see the atmosphere of a dying star with a level of clarity in a similar way to what we do for the sun." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...

Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are characterized as hot, young, massive, and highly luminous stars exhibiting vigorous stellar winds, with only a few hundred identified in our galaxy. These stars represent the ...