Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

NASA introduced its newest astronaut candidates on Monday. Ten candidates were selected from 8,000 applicants and will be trained over the next two years. With the 'Class of 2025', the astronaut class ...

In a time without telescopes, the appearance of a new star in the night sky was a disconcerting event full of meaning. Today, those same historical records, meticulously noted by chroniclers and poets ...

Astronomers have been monitoring V Sagittae for over a century, a binary system whose evolution challenges classical models.

New this season is the Solo Spotlight Series, featuring four professional solo performances that showcase the storytelling power of a single voice. The series opens at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 with ”The Light ...

Daniel W.E. Green at the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, suggests that comet SWAN will hover near magnitude of +6, ...

This cosmic dance not only makes the system burn with unusual brilliance but also creates a massive gas halo, signaling its turbulent and doomed future. Scientists believe this frenzied interaction ...

At first sight, V Sagittae looks like a classic example of the sort of system that gives us novae. A white dwarf and a ...