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

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

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

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

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

Finally, the merging of stellar-mass binary black holes has been a focal point of gravitational-wave astronomy. Observations from the LIGO and Virgo detectors have confirmed the existence of these ...

Nearly all elements except hydrogen and helium — including carbon, oxygen and iron — only exist because they were forged in stellar furnaces ... of the Department of Astronomy.

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