Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations ...

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 ...

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, ...

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 ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

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

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

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 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 ...