Out of the limelight, theoretical physicists continue to seek a mathematical model that can explain the universe's particles and forces.

The Epoch of Reionization — the universe’s last major transition — may have happened earlier than previously thought.

Are monoculars suitable for astronomy? The simple answer is yes, but with a few limitations that you should be aware of ...

WOH G64 is a red supergiant 160,000 light-years from Earth demonstrating erratic behavior over the last decade ...

While astronomers have taken about two dozen zoomed-in images of stars in our galaxy, unveiling their properties, countless other stars dwell within other galaxies, so far away that observing even one ...

The Friday before this one, I had a fantastic opportunity to serve as resident astronomer for the evening at Leonardo’s Children’s Museum’s Milky Way Mixer.

Astronomers have stumbled upon a pair of massive black holes in a distant galaxy that are triggering unusual bursts of light. These bright emissions, which appear to peak on a regular cycle, may be ...

Scientists at the European Southern Observatory have revealed a photograph showing a close-up image of star WHO G64, a red supergiant.

The star — known as WOH G64 — is located 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.

When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars? When ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured a close-up image of a dying star beyond our Milky Way. This milestone, achieved by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer ...

The youngest exoplanets are actually still protected from certain detection methods by dust disks. In a "strange" case, this ...