New research is shedding light on what researchers call "lite" intermediate-mass black holes, which are smaller, but still ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

Astronomers capture first image of a white dwarf exploding twice in space Rare double-detonation seen in supernova remnant ...

Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.

Astronomers have captured a stunning, detailed image of the nearby Sculptor galaxy, spanning an impressive 65,000 light years ...

Scientists have been working on ways to find new worlds far from Earth, and this strange method theorized decades ago has ...

Dennis Mammana Stargazers We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to comprehend sizes and ...

Astronomers have confirmed that a recently spotted object is an interstellar visitor, and appears to have come from the ...

But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the ...

Astronomers from the University of Turku have detected quasi-periodic oscillations in an X-ray binary, XTE J0111.2−7317, ...

In a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say mineral-rich layers of clay on Mars were once ideal ...

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