Hundreds of papers have been written about the first known brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, since its discovery...
Science & Astronomy
A rare, extremely luminous X-ray outburst has been observed in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy...
Russian astronomer Valerij Kozhevnikov has performed photometric observations of a candidate cataclysmic variable known as LAMOST J035913.61+405035.0....
EIRSAT-1, the student-built satellite from University College Dublin (UCD) that was launched into space last December, detected...
A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole...
While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes...
The Orionids—one of two annual meteor showers from Halley’s comet—peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may...
We live in a golden age of planet discovery. Astronomers are using modern telescopes, both on Earth...
Since its discovery eight years ago, the TRAPPIST-1 star system has excited astronomers because of its potential...
Scientists have never actually seen a moon orbiting a planet other than the ones in this solar...
