For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It was first discovered zipping near the sun this fall.

An object from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in ...

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A new book shows that the Northern Dene people of Alaska and Canada have known far more about the stars than an earlier ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star system, where one of the stars is a millisecond pulsar and the other is ...

You'll get an ad-free account as a thank-you. More information: Ho Wan Cheng et al, A retrograde planet in a tight binary star system with a white dwarf, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09006-x ...

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system about 3,000 light years away, is usually far too dim to see with the naked eye. However, after the star goes nova, the system is expected to be as bright ...

A nova explosion in the binary star system T Coronae Borealis is predicted to happen in May 2025, which people across the United States are expected to be able to see.

News World News Astronomy NASA says super rare 'Blaze Star' could soon explode in 'once in a lifetime' cosmic event Astronomers have been excitedly waiting for a star system 3,000 lightyears away ...

It’s an immense star — a red giant, we call it — about 25 times larger, and about 170 times more radiant, than our sun. Arcturus was one of the first stars ever to receive a proper name.

Meanwhile, Arcturus, the star of summer, is on the rise in the eastern sky. It’s by far the brightest evening star in the east this spring. You’ll notice that it has an orange glow to it.