Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on the scale…
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The supernova known as 2014C took place eight years ago—but scientists are still watching and learning from its aftermath. The very faintly visible explosion is…
Artist’s impression of a rare kind of stellar merger event between two white dwarf stars. Credit: Nicole Reindl A German team of astronomers from the…
Animation showing the formation of a supernova remnant. High-power laser and foam ball show how blast waves from supernova remnant might trigger star formation in…
This artist’s conception of the Mira star system depicts Mira A (right), a highly evolved red giant star, and Mira B (left), a white dwarf.…
The Sunrise Arc Galaxy With Lensed Star Earendel Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI), Image Processing: NASA, ESA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI)…
The Sunrise Arc Galaxy With Lensed Star Earendel Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI), Image Processing: NASA, ESA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI)…
Scientists have observed, for the first time, the mysterious death throes of a carbon-rich asymptotic branch star (AGB). V Hydrae’s final act is characterized by…
Artist’s concept of a pulsar. Pulsars, a class of neutron stars, are extremely predictable stars. They are formed from the hearts of massive stars that…
Artist concept of TESS observing an M dwarf star with orbiting planets. : NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center A team of astronomers have made the…
Artist’s conception of the 30 Ari star system. The system is composed of four stars. Credit: Art by Karen Teramura, UH IfA NASAEstablished in 1958,…
Durham University astronomer collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR),…
Artist’s impression of a rare kind of stellar merger event between two white dwarf stars. Credit: Nicole Reindl A team of German astronomers, led by…
Many stars in the center of the Milky Way have high heavy metal content. Credit: Michael Franklin Stars are giant factories that produce most of…
Astronomers have found a way to estimate the number of stars in the universe. Look up at the sky on a clear night, and you’ll…
Artist’s illustration of the Local Bubble with star formation occurring on the bubble’s surface. Scientists have now shown how a chain of events beginning 14…
This illustration shows the location of the C-19 stellar stream (orange, vertical stream of stars in lower left), which was recently discovered at the edge…
Coronal rain on the Sun with Earth superimposed for scale. New high-resolution spectrographic observations of a flare on a faint distant star using the Penn…
An image of a galaxy seen face-on in a simulation. It shows the distribution of gas over the galaxy (red is higher density and blue…
A pair of stars at the start of a common envelope phase. In this artist’s impression, we get a view from very close to a…