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Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...

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

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...