Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of ...

The Ancient City Astronomy Club is hosting an event called Night Under the Stars from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the St.

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and fade from view, but astronomers were left baffled when a star that had ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

Throughout the Earth’s precessional cycle, different stars serve as a pole star, including Thuban, Kochab, Polaris, and Vega.

Astronomers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a huge expanding bubble of gas and dust ...

Astrophysics combines physics and astronomy to explain everything from the smallest particles to the largest galaxy clusters.

The light from Earendel has traveled to us for 13 billion years. It could be the furthest star we have ever seen, but a new ...

Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...