The puzzling electric charge on clouds of interstellar gas can be explained by the passage of two hot, bright stars close to ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

Some white dwarfs in rapid binary orbits are far hotter and larger than theory predicts. Researchers found that powerful tidal forces between them generate enough heat to inflate their sizes and ...

Taejas Venkataraman explores what the discovery of white dwarf pollution can teach us about scientific investigation ...

ASTRONOMERS have spotted a stunning cosmic butterfly with glowing “wings” deep in space. The mind-blowing display is actually ...

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new image of the Butterfly Nebula, a grand and graceful cosmic wonder.

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Astronomers observed a white dwarf and subdwarf 4,000 light-years away, spiralling toward collision, testing Einstein's ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure ...

The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are ...

"If you were able to stand somewhat close to the white dwarf's pole, you would see a column of gas stretching 2,000 miles ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected phosphine gas in the ancient brown dwarf Wolf 1130C, a discovery that contradicts years of predictions about how phosphorus behaves in ...