Researchers discover star being consumed by its smaller, deader neighborThis 'cataclysmic variable' is around 3,000 light years away from Earth.By K. Holt, 10.06.2022
Facebook's 'Professional Mode' lets creators monetize their own profile pageEligible creators will be able to use the Reels Play bonus program to earn money. By S. Dent, 12.08.2021
Voyager probes detect a new form of cosmic ray burst from the SunThey're still useful decades later.By J. Fingas, 12.05.2020
Scientists find neutrinos from star fusion for the first timeIt could help understand dark matter and the universe.By J. Fingas, 11.26.2020
NASA will deploy a huge stratospheric balloon to study newborn starsIt will make detailed 3D maps of gases around the giant stars. By S. Dent, 07.24.2020
Google explains how the Pixel 4 excels at night sky photographyFancy viewfinder tricks, hot pixels, sky processing and more. By S. Dent, 11.27.2019
Astronomers believe the young Milky Way once swallowed a dwarf galaxyTheir findings could change what we know about the Milky Way’s formation.By C. Fisher, 07.23.2019
Facebook gives creators more ways to make moneyThey can earn extra revenue directly from fans and new ad placements.By E. Alvarez, 07.09.2019
Artificial meteor shower displays are comingMove over fireworks, on-demand shooting stars are going to be a thing.By R. England, 07.19.2018
This galaxy without dark matter is bending the rules of spaceScientists are stumped. By R. England, 03.29.2018
Researchers may have detected signals from the universe’s first starsEvidence suggests they began to form 180 million years after the Big Bang.By M. Locklear, 02.28.2018
NASA study will help identify potentially habitable planetsStars must emit just enough near-infrared light to prevent the loss of oceans.By S. Dent, 10.20.2017
An excess of 'failed' stars is a bad sign for alien lifeThere could be 100 billion brown dwarfs in our galaxy, many more than thought.By S. Dent, 07.10.2017
Early universe 'fireworks' challenge notions of how stars formThe ancient cosmos may have been packed with tiny star incubators.By J. Fingas, 07.09.2017
Milky Way's fastest stars could be runaways from another galaxyHypervelocity stars might not come from black holes after all.By R. England, 07.05.2017
Watch the ESA trace 2 million stars' journey across the skiesOur descendants sure won't see the same constellations we do. By M. Moon, 04.15.2017
Supermassive black hole set a record for longest lunch everThe feeding frenzy enriches our understanding of the universe.By R. LeFebvre, 02.07.2017
Magnetic fields could explain an 'erratic' neutron starScientists have a theory for Rapid Burster's unusual X-ray blasts.By N. Summers, 02.01.2017
Rare red nova explosion could add a star to the sky in 2022A Calvin College astronomer has predicted the stellar event is just a few years away. By J. Rigg, 01.09.2017
Astronomers have found the roundest object in the universeThe star, Kepler 11145123, is the closest celestial body to a perfect sphere we've ever observed.By A. Tarantola, 11.22.2016