A recent breakthrough in astronomy has illuminated the mysterious dynamics of a binary star system, HD 135344 AB, where a ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

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

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

Researchers from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made significant ...

Overall, the citizen scientists identified 10,001 eclipsing binary pairs. Of those, 7,936 were previously unknown.

By studying faint vibrations within stars, scientists using the Keck Planet Finder have discovered internal features that ...

Hawaii’s significant contribution to science, particularly those discoveries made through telescope installations on two ...