Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

It is the first time researchers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end via double detonation. The post Fantastic first picture ever of a star that exploded twice appeared first on ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

Hints of the very first stars to light the Universe might be discovered in a faint radio signal feebly beaming from the dawn ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in ...

The telescope has the largest digital camera ever made. It’s so precise that one image alone contains 10 million galaxies.

UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan ...