Nijmegen master's students predict that LISA, an upcoming space antenna project by the ESA, will detect stronger ...

"Very little is known about what causes the formation of magnetars," researcher Kritti Sharma said. "Our work helps to answer this question." ...

Astronomers observed neutron star 4U 1820-30 spinning at 716 times per second, among the galaxy’s fastest, emitting bursts ...

Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times per second, placing it among the fastest-spinning stars ever observed. The ...

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to ...

Pismis 24 is a small open star cluster located in the core of the NGC 6357 emission nebula, which is about 8,000 light-years ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find that a black hole was consuming matter 40 times faster than thought possible.

If you need to stare into an abyss, it might as well be beautiful.

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

T Coronae Borealis, known as T CrB or the “Blaze Star” has been dubbed the star that won’t explode. Here’s how you’ll be able ...

Today: The two meteor showers centered in the constellation Taurus peak this week and next. That means there will be ...