Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

A Texas Tech Assistant Astronomy Professor, Elias Aydi, along with other astronomers, used a cutting-edge technique to ...

Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, astronomers detected faint “starquakes” rippling through the ...

Galaxies like our Milky Way grew through cascading mergers of smaller galaxies that began billions of years ago. The ancient ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...

New technology is helping astronomers open new windows into novae, stellar explosions that can act as 'laboratories for ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems form a cornerstone of astrophysical research, uniting our understanding of the life cycles of stars with the intricate architecture of the systems that form ...

They’re bright and blue — and a bit strange. They’re a new type of stellar explosion that was recently discovered by a team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole. This result has important implications for ...

The universe isn’t built for comfort - but that won’t stop us from trying. From fiery giants to gravity wells that eat light, ...