An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Space travel didn’t begin with rockets — it began with stargazing. From Ptolemaic astronomy to early Chinese rocketry, ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

In this case, RXJ0528+2838 is orbited by a still-living star similar in size to our sun. In such cases, material from the ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

The recent visit to our solar system by the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked speculation about whether it’s another ...

Using the Super Proton Synchrotron, the team created beams of electron-positron pairs and passed them through a meter-long region of plasma. This setup served as a scaled laboratory version of a ...

Astronomers from Durham University have discovered a never-before-seen shock wave around the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838, ...

A new image captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope reveals a beautiful shockwave around a dead ...

Join the McDonald Observatory as they explore the constellation of Orion. Learn about Orion’s cultural significance in early ...