For the first time, astronomers have captured stunning visual evidence of a star double-detonating itself to death.The twin ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two ...

Citizen astronomers see moment star explodes by playing ‘spot the difference’ - A cataclysmic variable star was found as part ...

A new result from the molecular gas survey in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 using the Atacama Large ...

The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Two meteor showers and the return of the Milky Way make up the top astronomy events for July. Mark these events down on your ...

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Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 ...

FREWSBURG – Dr. Darren Williams, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, will describe what is known about the moon and use facts to debate the merits of old and new ideas for how and when it formed.