Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

Galileo continued writing in conversational language for his landmark 1632 work, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del ...

Two stellar explosions have created an unprecedented astronomical phenomenon, with both outbursts now visible to the naked ...

Chile's ALMA observatory, which houses some of the world's most powerful telescopes, has captured its most detailed images to ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Pope Leo XIV, the new pope as of 2025, views artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the most critical challenges facing humanity today. In his first formal audience at the Vatican, he explicitly ...

Citizen scientists working with the Kilonova Project made their first confirmed discovery of a rare exploding star, enabling ...

Get ready to reach for the stars as the Penn State Eberly College of Science prepares to host the 26th annual AstroFest, an ...