Stellar astronomy and planetary systems encompass the study of stars, their formation, evolution, and the planetary bodies that orbit them. Recent research in this field has made significant ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

An official statement issued on Wednesday said that this length compares to roughly 10 times the size of the Milky Way’s ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...

Davis Astronomy Club invites everyone on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 25, for a free viewing of the rare alignment of six ...

A research team at the , Academia Sinica (ASIAA) has achieved groundbreaking insights into the physics of supernova ...

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way. For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...

Jan. 17, 2025 — The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: ...