Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...

Parents and children benefit when they spend quality time together. According to South University, children feel special when ...

Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Illegal fireworks can be reported to the city of Merced at (209) 388-SAFE or [email protected]. They can be ...

AS I gaze upwards, my eyes are greeted by dozens of brilliant white stars glittering across the deep blue midnight sky.

The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight local time, specifically for observers south of 46° N latitude, since M22’s position favors the Southern ...

New research finds that Australia’s endangered Bogong moths use the stars to make an epic round-trip migration through the ...

Ever the trickster, Raven devised a plan to get inside the clan house and glimpse the daylight. He first decided to disguise himself as a speck of dirt in the river from which the old man’s daughter ...