#Astronomers

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have found a rare disk of debris around a dead star that provides a glimpse of what may happen to our solar system.…

Astronomers identified an exceptionally tiny core that may represent an early stage in the formation of a massive star. Located in an infrared-dark area called Dragon Cloud, the core is nicknamed the "dragon egg." The paper, accepted for publication in…

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct shape strongly resembles the musical symbol.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a supernova erupting just 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a supernova erupting just 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang.

Einstein's theory of relativity just got put to the test by the lightest binary neutron star system ever discovered.

Einstein's theory of relativity just got put to the test by the lightest binary neutron star system ever discovered.

Astronomers have uncovered a surprising rainbow of dead stars, including the first known star that would appear genuinely green to human eyes.…

Experts say that an oft-circulated anecdote about two royal astronomers drunkenly failing to foresee an eclipse thousands of years ago contains hints of truth

Astronomers weighed a black hole in a "little red dot" discovered by the James Webb telescope. They found it to be so overmassive that it may have formed before its host galaxy had a chance to develop.

Astronomers have found some of the strongest evidence yet that stars can swallow their own planets. A new study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, supports the long-held belief that young stars are capable of "eating" nearby…

Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden supermassive black hole inside the famous Antennae galaxies NGC 4038/4039, a pair of colliding galaxies best known for their spectacular bursts of star formation.…

From Mashable: Hubble finds something about the Milky Ways core just doesnt add up

Astronomers have discovered two early-universe galaxies where the central black holes appear to have grown far faster than their host galaxies.…

The findings could more than double our current database of worlds that loop around binary star systems. But researchers need to analyze more data before they can officially celebrate a new trove of far, far away exoplanets

From Space.com: Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space photo of the day for May 4, 2026

Are we alone? New observatories and AI are poised to turbocharge the hunt for intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy.

Finding molecules in places we will never visit is no simple task. Vetting and sometimes correcting such observations is a continual process.