New data show how quickly light pollution is obscuring the night sky
The night sky has been brightening faster than researchers realized, thanks to the use of...
The seven rocky planets of TRAPPIST-1 seem to have very similar compositions
This illustration shows three possible interiors of the seven rocky exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system,...
Astronomers unmask cosmic eruptions in nearby galaxies
On April 15, 2020, a wave of X-rays and gamma rays lasting only a fraction...
Fornax A galaxy investigated with AstroSat
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using the AstroSat spacecraft, Indian astronomers have performed an imaging and...
Astronomers spotted a rare galaxy shutting down star formation
A distant galaxy has been caught in the act of shutting down. The galaxy, called...
Astronomers dissect the anatomy of planetary nebulae using Hubble Space Telescope images
On the left is an image of the Jewel Bug Nebula (NGC 7027) captured by...
Examination of Theia 456 finds its nearly 500 stars were born at same time
An artistic rendering of generic stellar streams in the Milky Way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, SSC...
Astronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance
An image from the Digitized Sky Survey showing HS Hydra in the center. Credit: Space...
A presumed supernova is actually something much rarer
Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science In a case of comic mistaken identity, an international team...
Chandra observations reveal extraordinary magnetar
This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerfulmagnetic fields....