Stars

Unexpected giant: Saturn-mass planet found orbiting tiny red dwarf

Discovery defies expectations for planets around low-mass stars.

 TOI-6894b Exoplanet - artist's impression.
 Astronomers anticipate Blaze Star's next eruption could light up the sky in 2025.

Astronomers anticipate Blaze Star's next eruption could light up the sky in 2025

 The Andromeda galaxy.

After 10 years and 1,000 orbits, Hubble's mosaic reveals 200 million stars in Andromeda

 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures in Cassiopeia A supernova light echo.

Webb Telescope reveals intricate structures in Cassiopeia A supernova


Astronomers capture first close-up image of star in a different galaxy

If WOH G64 was placed at the center of our Solar System, it would extend to the orbit of Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun.

 160,000 light years away, 2,000 times bigger than the sun. WOH G64.

Scientists explain missing black holes, dark matter with new model - study

Japanese researchers have proposed a new model for the formation of primordial black holes that could help explain the mysteries of dark matter and the early universe.

 Artist’s view of a massive black hole mergers in a cluster, possibly like GW190521, a gravitational wave observation by LIGO/Virgo.

Massive stars may get magnetic fields when two stars merge together - study

Massive stars should not be able to have magnetic fields, but around 7% of them do anyway. A recent study found that this could be caused by stellar mergers.

 This image, taken with the VLT Survey Telescope, shows the nebula NGC 6164/6165, also known as the Dragon’s Egg, surrounding a pair of stars called HD 148937.

The stars align: Israeli researchers track a supernova in real time

Weizmann scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova.

 This composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum.

A star is dead: Scientists watch supernova in real time - study

Scientists at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science got lucky and managed to spot a star in a nearby galaxy go supernova, able to make a portrait of the star's last days.

Pictured: Supernova 2023ixf occurred in Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. The image was made using telescope data on the nights of May 21, 22 and 23, 2023

Dancing with the Stars: Scientists spot 6 planets with dance-like orbit

The six exoplanets orbit a star around 100 light years away and have been orbiting with dance-like synchronicity for billions of years, never once changing.

 An artist's illustration of the six newly discovered planets circling their star in resonance. Image by Roger Thibaut.

3 Zodiac signs set for success in 2024, thanks to lucky Jupiter

Find out if your zodiac sign is on the list of those who will experience a blessed year filled with luck and abundance in 2024.

 These 3 zodiac signs will have a lot of luck this year

Pulsating stars could hold clues to dark matter's secrets - study

Axions are expected to interact weakly with known particles, offering a plausible explanation for the secretive nature of dark matter.

 Dark matter and gas (Illustrative).

NASA's Hubble telescope spots 'dreamy' galaxy

NASA's Hubble Space telescope spotted and photographed a beautiful, dreamy galaxy millions of light-years from Earth.

 An image of galaxy NGC 3156, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite

This marked the first time that scientists had observed a sun-like star being repeatedly snacked upon by a supermassive black hole.

 Black Hole in a Globular Cluster (Illustration)

Black holes may be causing mature galaxies to stop producing new stars

Scientists have long suggested that the supermassive black holes in these galaxies are interacting with the gas clouds to prev

 This artist's concept shows a supermassive black hole at the center of a remote galaxy digesting the remnants of a star.