The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...

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

Algol is not a single star but a multiple-star system, primarily consisting of two main components, Algol A and Algol B, which orbit a common center of mass. A third, fainter star, Algol C, also ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

Ouranos is an AI-powered astronomy weather app that helps moon watchers find the best nights to observe the sky.

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

The month that brings the anniversary of the lunar landing also features great meteor showers and Manhattanhenge's second act ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Starlink already dims its spacecraft in visible light by tipping solar panels away from Sun reflections. A similar hardware tweak, better shielding around onboard avionics, could muffle stray radio ...