Tag: Stars/The Sun

Credit: Scott Woods, Western University Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that ...

A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists ...

Astronomy bot speeds up search for Jupiter's twinsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have a new tool in their search for extraterrestrial ...

Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local ...

Magnetic disturbances caused by phenomena like the northern lights can be tracked by a 'social network' of ground-based instruments, according ...

Credit: Graphic courtesy of PUNCH Team/Southwest Research Institute WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers partnered with Southwest Research Institute ...

Credit: Krag Beverly The total solar eclipse's swath across Wyoming and the United States in August 2017 provided an opportunity ...

Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- When the shimmering hues of the aurora dance in the night sky, ...

International research team discovers two new Earth-like planets near Teegarden's starCredit: University of Göttingen, Institute for Astrophysics An international research ...

Credit: Simone Marchi The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not. When the Sun ...

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Crenshaw and O. Fox When massive stars die at the end of their short lives, ...

That gold on your ring finger is stellar - and not just in a complimentary way. In a finding that ...

Few sun-like stars have these massive planets, making our sun unusualCredit: GPIES team, with animation by Paul Kalas, UC Berkeley. ...

Credit: Michelle Vigeant LAWRENCE -- At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick, ...

Researchers at CU Boulder have discovered hints that humanity's favorite star may have a dual personality, with intriguing discrepancies in ...

Astronomers probing the edges of the Milky Way have in recent years observed some of the most brilliant pyrotechnic displays ...

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Walsh This striking image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera ...

The latest research, reported in the SPIE Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, will support the most powerful ground-based ...

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. Cote This luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. As ...

Credit: NASA/NICER In this image, numerous sweeping arcs seem to congregate at various bright regions. You may wonder: What is ...