A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." ...

Astronomers capture the first detailed image of WOH G64, a star 2,000 times bigger than the Sun, as it nears its supernova stage, 160,000 light-years away.

Scientists determined composition and size of Asteroid 2022 WJ1 before it fractured upon entering Earth’s atmosphere by comparing data from Lowell Observatory and Western’s Southern Ontario Meteor ...

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

Astronomers have snapped the first detailed close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way, and what they found is amazing.

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of binary star systems, consisting of a white dwarf and a main sequence star ...

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

In an underground lab in a mountainous region of Italy that contains the coldest temperatures known to exist in the universe, ...

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

Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...

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

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift ...