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Published Newly discovered celestial object defies categories: Is it a new kind of planet or a rare kind of failed star? - Newly Discovered Celestial Object Defies Categories: Is it a New Kind of Planet or a Rare Kind of Failed Star?


An object discovered by astrophysicists nearly 500 light years away from the Sun may challenge tradi...
Published The lonely giant: Milky Way-sized galaxy lacking galactic neighbors - The Lonely Giant: Milky Way-Sized Galaxy Lacking Galactic Neighbors


Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, fewer galaxies were born than expected -- and that could create...
Published Meet 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system - Meet 'DeeDee,' a Distant, Dim Member of Our Solar System


Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordina ...
Published Hunt for ninth planet reveals new extremely distant solar system objects - Hunt for Ninth Planet Reveals New Extremely Distant Solar System Objects



In the race to discover a proposed ninth planet in our Solar System, researchers have observed sever...
Published New exoplanet discovered - New Exoplanet Discovered: A Breakthrough in Astronomy



Astronomers report the first exoplanet jointly discovered through direct imaging and precision astro ...
Published The tarantula's cosmic web: Astronomers map violent star formation in nebula outside our galaxy - The Tarantula's Cosmic Web: Mapping Violent Star Formation in a Nebula Outside Our Galaxy


Astronomers have unveiled intricate details of the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also known as the ...
Published Evidence of a real ninth planet discovered - Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet Discovered


Researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the o...
Published 'Closest black hole' system found to contain no black hole - Closest Black Hole System Found to Contain No Black Hole



In 2020, astronomers reported the closest black hole to Earth, located just 1000 light-years away in ...
Published ALMA witnesses deadly star-slinging tug-of-war between merging galaxies - ALMA Witnesses Deadly Star-Slinging Tug-of-War Between Merging Galaxies



While observing a newly-dormant galaxy, scientists discovered that it had stopped forming stars not...
Published Mysterious ripples in the Milky Way were caused by a passing dwarf galaxy - Mysterious Ripples in the Milky Way: A Passing Dwarf Galaxy to Blame



Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer...
Published Astronomers find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet - Astronomers Discover a 'Cataclysmic' Pair of Stars with the Shortest Orbit Yet


Astronomers have discovered a stellar binary, or pair of stars, with an extremely short orbit, appea ...
Published HETDEX reveals galaxy gold mine in first large survey - HETDEX Reveals Galaxy Gold Mine in First Large Survey


The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) announced their first publicly released c...
Published AI draws most accurate map of star birthplaces in the Galaxy - AI Draws Most Accurate Map of Star Birthplaces in the Galaxy


Scientists identified about 140,000 molecular clouds in the Milky Way Galaxy from large-scale data o...
Published Ground-breaking number of brown dwarfs discovered - Ground-breaking Number of Brown Dwarfs Discovered


Brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that straddle the line between stars and planets, are essential to...
Published Discovery of white dwarf pulsar sheds light on star evolution - Discovery of White Dwarf Pulsar Sheds Light on Star Evolution



The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evol...
Published Brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed reveals new mysteries of cosmic explosions - Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed Reveals New Mysteries of Cosmic Explosions


Scientists believe the gamma-ray emission, which lasted over 300 seconds, is the birth cry of a blac...
Published Hubble witnesses shock wave of colliding gases in Running Man Nebula - Hubble Witnesses Shock Wave of Colliding Gases in Running Man Nebula


Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as...
Published Astronomers find no young binary stars near Milky Way's black hole - Astronomers Find No Young Binary Stars Near Milky Way's Black Hole



Scientists analyzed over a decade's worth of data about 16 young supermassive stars orbiting the sup...
Published Astronomy: Observation puzzles researchers - Astronomy: Observation Puzzles Researchers


An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star...
Published Venus transit movie shows perspective in viewing our Solar System - Venus Transit Movie Shows Perspective in Viewing Our Solar System


New movies of the transit of Venus on June 6, 2012, viewed from two different locations on Earth, cl...