Astronomers have been aware of cosmic vampires, dead stars that hungrily strip plasma from victim stars, for some time. New ...

Astronomy Update is provided by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society and is compiled by Dr. Lauren Likkel.

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc ...

As more of the world lives under light-polluted skies, astrophotographers are a connection to the cosmos. With their high-tech telescopes, cameras and image editing software, they can magnify what ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

That’s right, by listening to the sounds that a star makes, scientists can learn a lot about the star itself. This is a field known as asteroseismology and works by measuring waves as they pass ...

Credit: A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae © Shaoyu Zhang Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy ...

The Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids meteor showers, which will both peak July 30, also coincide with a third ...

“These objects collect the dark matter that helps them become a dark dwarf. The more dark matter you have around, the more ...

ENTs occur when stars that are at least three times as massive as the Sun pass so close to a supermassive black hole that its ...

The laser shows at Fujitsu Planetarium celebrate the work of pop and rock stars, but the planetarium's main purpose is, of course, to get folks immersed in stars of a more literal type.

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...