For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...

The gravitational lens JVAS B1938+666 consists of massive bodies ranging from 6.5 billion to 11 billion light-years away, ...

A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have spotted the most powerful "odd radio circle" (ORC) yet. The discovery could give astronomers a better understanding of how these unusual objects — ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) ...

The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247) is being held Jan. 4 to Jan. 8 and will feature remarkable ...

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing objects colliding within a nearby star system. In the early life of a star ...

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is an eruption of gas and plasma from the Sun. Solar physicists record a number of them each year. Fortunately, most head into space in directions away from Earth. When ...

The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (KAS) is set to host a five-part virtual lecture series titled “Introduction to Amateur ...