"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

Astronomers have spotted signs that Betelgeuse, the closest supergiant star to Earth, could be about to explode as a ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

Scientists have found the heaviest known pair of dead stars in our galaxy — a rare system they believe will one day explode ...

The edge of a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 3324, found at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula, forms the 'mountains' and 'valleys' spanning this image captured by the James Webb Space ...

By Alimat Aliyeva A group of European, British, and American astronomers has discovered 34 binary white dwarf systems i ...

The subject of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 ...

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing ...