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

The center of our galaxy is visible overnight on summer evenings, just off the tip of the Sagittarius Teapot’s spout in the ...

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

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 ...

Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al ... "The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy," team leader ...

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 ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

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 ...

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

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

Cosmic dust does far more than float through space. It's the raw material from which stars, planets and possibly even life ...

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