The race to connect the world through satellite internet has created an unexpected casualty: our view of the cosmos. A new ...

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

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

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 ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...