"FU Ori has been devouring material for almost 100 years to keep its eruption going. We have finally found an answer to how ...
The image, from the Event Horizon Telescope, shows, for the first time in polarized light, a ring of magnetic fields ...
Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field. The paper, "Linear to circular ...
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Achieving a remarkable feat, astrophotographer Petr Horálek has managed to click a very rare picture consisting of a comet, during the April 8 Solar Eclipse seen in Northern America, Universe ...
Chandra X-Ray Observatory is in trouble. Losing it could set the field back decades. By Briley Lewis | Published Apr 25, 2024 10:00 AM EDT In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel ...
Until recently, a large black hole formed from a collapsed star was able to avoid detection from the prying eyes of our powerful telescopes – despite lurking nearby Earth and being 33 times the ...
Using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a recently detected extreme helium star designated EC 19529–4430. It turned out that ...
When faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back on Earth can detect them. Studying these pulses, which can also come ...
Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up. By Matt Richtel With the help of ...
A new map of the center of the Milky Way galaxy reveals details of its magnetic fields By Dennis Overbye Soon, this devil-horned comet won’t be visible for another seven decades. By Katrina ...