Stellar streams are trails of stars that astronomers can study to solve mysteries about the history of our Milky Way galaxy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) captured a massive stellar jet in the Sharpless 2-284 (Sh2-284 ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born ...

"Cosmic archaeologists" have discovered an iron-deficient second-generation star, which provides evidence of how ancient ...

A new lecture series at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will honor one of the most influential figures in the city’s astronomy history while bringing a distinguished alumnus back to the ...

Brown dwarfs get a bad rap in the stellar world, often labeled as "failed stars" for their inability to sustain nuclear ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

A nearby galaxy is behaving strangely—and now scientists know why. The Small Magellanic Cloud’s stars move in chaotic ...

Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like exoplanets that are the strongest known candidates for hosting extraterrestrial life.

As the space scientist autobiography is published, she explains the importance of grand ambitions ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet with a surface of molten magma and a sulfur-rich atmosphere, 34 light-years away in the constellation Volans. This planet is larger than Earth but less dense, ...