The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Throughout the Earth’s precessional cycle, different stars serve as a pole star, including Thuban, Kochab, Polaris, and Vega.

Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of ...

The Ancient City Astronomy Club is hosting an event called Night Under the Stars from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the St.

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

Astrophysics combines physics and astronomy to explain everything from the smallest particles to the largest galaxy clusters.

Astronomers have imaged a huge expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star — the largest such bubble ...

The light from Earendel has traveled to us for 13 billion years. It could be the furthest star we have ever seen, but a new ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...