A new study published on the pre-print server arXiv is shedding fresh light on one of the galaxy’s strangest high-energy ...

New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure and dynamic gas flows. Reading time 2 minutes This newly released image from ...

Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula, a planetary nebula, in this image released on Oct. 26, 2025.

Among modern astronomers, an old theory of the origin of the solar system was back in fashion. German Philosopher Immanuel Kant had speculated in 1755 that the sun and its planets were formed by ...

A nebula is a luminescent giant cloud of dust and gas in space that could be from a supernova or could be a star-forming region. The "dumbbell nebula," also known as Messier 27, is what astronomers ...

Beverly Lynds' catalog of dark nebulae (LDNs) is a crucial resource for astronomers. Existing methods for identifying LDNs in images are often inaccurate. A new project is digitally annotating Lynds' ...

A recent Oxford-led study challenges the theory that Earth's water arrived via water-rich meteorites by employing state-of-the-art isotope analysis and modeling techniques. The research team focused ...

As nice as it is to have a projector wired up in your home cinema, the flexibility a portable model offers is equally valuable. It means you can set up an impromptu big screen in your back yard during ...

The decades-long mystery of a never-ending explosion of X-rays around the remains of a dead star may have finally been solved. The radiation probably originates from the scorching-hot wreckage left ...

The Ring Nebula is perhaps one of the most photographed objects in the night sky, dating back to its first image in 1886. Its intrinsic structure has been debated for as long as it has been observed.