T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It ...

People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has ...

NASA's Chandra telescope was used to uncover the explosive past of an ancient dead star through 'space archaeology.' ...

In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down Gaia's science operations, as the spacecraft's fuel reserves were ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring T Coronae Borealis — also known as the Blaze Star — for a rare nova event expected to ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

In research published March 12 in Nature Astronomy, a team of astrophysicists ... They discovered a binary system containing an M dwarf star and a white dwarf, whose orbital period matches up ...