The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Small amounts of Bennu's precious black grains — leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.5 billion years ago — were ...

The aptly named Dwarf 3 will make you think again, with this compact smart telescope reduced to the size of an old-fashioned camcorder. Does reducing a telescope to such a portable size involve ...

Using AI to comb through data gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have conducted a detailed scan of the dwarf planet Ceres to map regions rich in organic molecules to determine whether ...

Astronomers have studied three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies using data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope. These galaxies, located near the spiral galaxy NGC 300, exist ...

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary star systems consisting of a white dwarf accreting material from a normal star companion. They irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor ...

Space James Webb Space Telescope 4K Video: Spots Tiniest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf Posted: January 25, 2025 | Last updated: January 25, 2025 The James Webb Space Telescope has captured three brown ...