The nova outburst happens once every roughly 80 years, making this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many.

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

The center of the Milky Way is super bright because it’s packed with a lot of stars and a supermassive black hole. That black hole, called Sagittarius A*, is millions of times bigger than our sun! It ...

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The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) help astronomers identify celestial objects in the night sky? This is what a recent ...

As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

Pulsars could be helping scientists distinguish between gravitational waves caused by supermassive black hole collisions and ...

Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.

The now-former deputy was found guilty of manslaughter with a firearm. Getty Images/iStockphoto An ex-deputy was found guilty in the death of his girlfriend, accused of accidentally killing her while ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is lifting a temporary pause on painting its campus spirit rocks. A new policy requires students and faculty to reserve a time to paint the rocks through an ...

A hefty $125 million in new financing has been written in the stars for Star Therapeutics through an oversubscribed series D funding round. The series D was co-led by Sanofi Ventures and Viking Global ...