Astronomers have used a novel technique to find evidence of a secret "buddy" star orbiting Betelgeuse, one of the brightest ...

A team of astronomers have made a fascinating discovery that forces us to rethink our understanding of how dead stars behave.

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the ...

The fact that Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky over Earth, visible with the naked eye, has made it one of ...

The findings confirm a long-standing theory first proposed in the early 1900s. More importantly, it sheds new light on how ...

Scientists have long speculated that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is not alone. Now, thanks to ...

Images from two different telescopes give astronomers a glimpse at the formation of a "new" planetary system around a star ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and ...

Hundreds of amateur astronomers are gathering this weekend on Breezy Hill in Springfield, Vermont for the annual Stellafane ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...