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

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

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

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the R Aquarii binary star system from 2014-2023. The images have been time ...

Researchers have built a small but powerful detector to find gravitational waves in a hidden frequency range. The discovery ...

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

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 ...

Stars up to eight solar masses conclude their lives by shedding outer layers, forming spectacular planetary nebulae of glowing gas and dust in a phase lasting tens of thousands of years. The James ...

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