An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole ...

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...

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"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

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 ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

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

The feature in question is in the GD-1 stellar stream, a thin group of stars moving together on a shared trajectory through the Milky Way's all-encompassing halo. The GD-1 stellar stream has been ...

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