MIT astronomers have observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The distant ...
"FU Ori has been devouring material for almost 100 years to keep its eruption going. We have finally found an answer to how ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 ... Most Massive Stellar Black Hole in Our Galaxy ...
It's not often that solar eclipses race across our skies, the moon blotting out the sun to usher in captivating rings of fire like in October or complete and utter darkness such as what will ...
Chandra X-Ray Observatory is in trouble. Losing it could set the field back decades. By Briley Lewis | Published Apr 25, 2024 10:00 AM EDT In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel ...
Total solar eclipses are a mind-expanding demonstration of “the right place at the right time”—and for centuries, scientists and enthusiasts have voyaged to get there in the hopes that they ...
Star light, star bright, will there be a new star tonight? That's the question astronomers are waiting to answer, as they await a spectacular stellar explosion they believe is on the horizon.
Using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a recently detected extreme helium star designated EC 19529–4430. It turned out that ...
When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back on Earth can detect them. Studying these pulses, which can also come ...
Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up. By Matt Richtel With the help of ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula.