The nova eruptions come about when a white dwarf steals too much matter from a close red giant companion.

"With ALMA, we can now see the atmosphere of a dying star with a level of clarity in a similar way to what we do for the sun.

It wasn’t supposed to be there.

Astronomical winter begins Sunday, Dec. 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how the solstice works.

Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Dec. 13 with free admission and a special ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

It seems the AI hype has turned into an AI bubble. There have been many bubbles before, from the Tulip mania of the 17th ...

Description: In 1965, MIT's Lincoln Laboratory saw their Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 (LCS-1) launched into Earth orbit. It was an empty aluminum sphere and couldn't do any science of its own. But the ...

Bloemfontein could become South Africa’s top astro-tourism spot, using clear skies, observatories and planetariums to draw ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago have developed a framework that could yield more accurate ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Thanks to some old data and New Mexico researchers, we know of one more exoplanet in the Milky Way.

A comet has been visible in the autumn sky for observers in the Northern Hemisphere with binoculars ...