Astronomers recently released a new image of the binary star system Eta Carinae's full spectrum, taken from deep in Chile's ...

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

A new study has challenged a popular explanation for the unexpected 30-second shortening of Dimorphos's orbital period. The ...

Using various space telescopes, an international team of astronomers have observed a newly detected very faint X-ray ...

CANBERRA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- A world-first discovery of binary stars, pairs of stars orbiting a common center of gravity, could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy ...

Astronomers on Thursday released time-lapse movies dramatizing the fiery behavior of two young star systems, observations that could shed light on the genesis of our solar system. The nearby stars, ...

Zinia Khattar of San Diego, the second Fellow, was awarded a $50,000 science scholarship. “Being named a Davidson Fellow is a very welcome surprise,” Smith said. “I am thankful to see how much my ...

SXS—Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes—is an ongoing scientific collaboration that has been generating simulations of dramatic ...

A strange chirp detected by LIGO in 2019 has some scientists searching for answers beyond a simple black hole merger.

Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE telescope and data from other observatories, an international team found that ...