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With the aid of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered an erupting cataclysmic variable star in a rarely seen ...
In a stunning first-ever image, astronomers have seen a star that died by exploding twice. They pointed the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at supernova SNR 0509 ...
Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.
Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...
Celebrate the Fourth with the Fireworks Galaxy, then check out the Demon Star Algol and the Full Buck Moon in the sky this ...
Ouranos is an AI-powered astronomy weather app that helps moon watchers find the best nights to observe the sky.
In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...
The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...
Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...