Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...

This separation was partly captured in earlier images by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, but the latest Webb data reveals ...

The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

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

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed large-scale radio observations of a ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...