James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...
Astronomers have recently observed a planet being torn apart by its “zombie” white dwarf star, a phenomenon that challenges ...
The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one ...
Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...
The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) captured the star as it reaches the end of its life.
White dwarfs are the dense, slowly cooling remnants left behind when stars like the Sun exhaust their nuclear fuel. They no ...
Using NASA's Swift spacecraft, an international team of astronomers have performed X-ray observations of a classical nova ...
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...