The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our ...

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing ...

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

The vocalisation of a dwarf minke whale sounds so strange and resonant it has been likened to a Star Wars lightsaber.

Jupiter-like planet 8 UMi b, named Halla, orbits its host red giant star Baekdu closely. The red giant's merger with a white ...

As part of the citizen astronomy project, 'Kilonova Seekers', University of Warwick astronomers and public volunteers have made their first major ...

The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

The nova appeared in the constellation Lupus, which is positioned in the southern sky. While best seen from the Southern ...

Bamboos are grasses, so one would think that conventional grass killers would be up to the task. But even the best of them ...

A star, V462 Lupi, has exploded in the Lupus constellation, becoming visible to the naked eye. This article guides you on how to spot this nova in the night sky this month.

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have instead ...