Radio astronomers have discovered an unusual phenomenon in recent years. They detected radio pulses from the Milky Way that last from seconds to minutes. These pulses differ from those produced by ...

"The diversity of ways that white dwarf stars can blow up is much greater than previously expected." There are a lot of ways for dead stars to blow their tops. Astronomers discovered this ...

Enjoy the Mars Triangle while it still lasts, for after mid-March it will be no more. We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between ...

The brightest star in the nighttime sky, Sirius, or the Dog Star, greatly outshines its white dwarf companion, Sirius B. At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius B is the nearest known white dwarf star to ...

Witnesses of the Washington DC plane crash have told of the horrifying moment they saw the sky light up with a "white flash" as two ... the lights were "shooting stars". The local didn't ...