Astronomers have unveiled an explosive cosmic fireworks display of stars interacting with their environment. This dazzling ...

By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

The new year will be a busy one in the night sky with celestial sights of all types for everyone to enjoy, many of which can ...

Spur and gap features seen in Milky Way’s GD-1 stellar stream could be caused by a self-interacting dark matter subhalo. New research points to a dark matter subhalo as the architect behind the unique ...

The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that ...

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings ...

Physicists have proposed a solution to a long-standing puzzle surrounding the GD-1 stellar stream, one of the most ...

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust ...

The Martz-Kohl Observatory will host astronomer Erica mEssmer today at 7:30 p.m. Messmer’s discussion, titled “When Stars ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic "double lens," astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its ...

Scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport carbon atoms. That means that a good deal ...