Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own atmosphere.

"The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy," stated Priyam Das, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales Canberra and study leader. Das further described the findings ...

While it may surprise many, Delhi holds hidden gems for stargazers. From peaceful observatories to secret suburban skies, ...

The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic variable star, designated GOTO0650, which is in a rarely seen late stage of its evolution. This was also the first major discovery for the ...

A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers ...

The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...