Stars

JWST captures the countdown to a supernova 15,000 light years away

It's gonna blow!

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 day ago

Astronomers find a “forbidden planet” orbiting an impossibly tiny star

We're going to have to redefine impossible.

By Cassidy Ward | 

2 weeks ago

JWST reveals previously invisible cosmic spiderwebs of gas and dust inside galaxies

And it's helping us to see how stars are born.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 weeks ago

New survey of the Milky Way reveals 3.32 billion distinct objects

Now that's a group photo!

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 month ago

Astronomers are watching an exoplanet slowly fall into its star

This time, when the world ends, it's for real.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 months ago

Lost ancient Greek star map discovered hiding in religious text

Where's the second star to the right?

By Cassidy Ward | 

4 months ago

A dying star produced the most powerful cosmic blast we've ever seen

When massive stars die, they don't go quietly into the night.

By Cassidy Ward | 

4 months ago

The rich get richer: High-mass stars steal planets from smaller stars

Simulations show some stars possess purloined planets.

By Phil Plait | 

5 months ago

Astronomers find a torched super-Earth on a ONE DAY orbit around its star

We’ve found the last planet in the galaxy you'd want to live on.

By Phil Plait | 

5 months ago

Astronomers find the nearest black hole to Earth, and it has a Sun-like companion star

At 1,570 light-years away it's three times closer than the previous record holder.

By Phil Plait | 

6 months ago