Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

Focusing only on stars that had cooled and expanded into red giants, the researchers found that the likelihood of such a star hosting a nearby planet was just 0.11%, roughly three times lower than the ...

For years, scientists have focused on a leading theory that dark matter is made up of invisible particles known as WIMPs ...

Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, Inc. is inviting the public to joint them in celebrating National Astronomy Day and the 35 th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope ...

The 51st season of the Snowmass Rodeo came to a close on Wednesday with the final event of 2025.

Coloradans willing to bundle up beneath the stars this month will have the chance to enjoy four meteor showers. While the ...