The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

Stars have layers like onions, according to theory. The layers are made of different elements, progressing from light to ...

Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of our Sun having a twin star, a theory that has gained traction with recent data. The evidence and implications of a potential solar sibling shed ...

At the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Meredith Rawls makes sure reflected sunlight doesn’t ruin astronomical observations by the ...

Astronomers have imaged a huge expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star — the largest such bubble ...

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Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

In the past decade, the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope has revealed the nature, history, and behaviour of ...

Hubble reveals star formation secrets in galaxy NGC 2835 using H-alpha detection to map stellar nurseries with surgical ...

High in the Milky Way, a dying giant has thrown astronomers a cosmic curveball. A star known as DFK 52, sitting in the ...

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

(THE CONVERSATION) For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the ...