Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own ...

Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

The Supreme Court decision that limits the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions signals a shift in power between the executive and the judicial branches. Former Deputy Assistant ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...