White dwarfs are the compact remnants of stars that have stopped nuclear burning, a fate that will eventually befall our sun.

An orb with twin suns, a star twice as old as our sun... see how new finds with surprising parallels in fiction are rewriting our understanding of the universe.

Orbs with twin suns, a star twice as old as our sun... see how new discoveries, with surprising similarities to fiction, are ...

Scientists have begun to unravel the origin story of a cataclysmic collision between two black holes, which seem to have met ...

JWST's detection of phosphine on a brown dwarf, also known as a "failed star," could have repercussions for the claimed detection of the molecule on Venus.

The reason there are so many different types comes down to physics and timing. A star’s mass determines almost everything about its life: how bright it shines, what elements it produces, and even how ...

For all their wealth, resources and golfing depth, America’s problem is no longer talent but temperament. Every defeat feels ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been busy, and honestly, it’s like getting a whole new set of eyes on the universe.

A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy formed, according ...

Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black ...

Astronomers spotted a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming within a dusty ring around its star system, offering clues about the ...