Voyager probes detect a new form of cosmic ray burst from the Sun
They're still useful decades later.
Stars
Scientists find neutrinos from star fusion for the first time
It could help understand dark matter and the universe.
NASA will deploy a huge stratospheric balloon to study newborn stars
It will make detailed 3D maps of gases around the giant stars.
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Google explains how the Pixel 4 excels at night sky photography
Fancy viewfinder tricks, hot pixels, sky processing and more.
Astronomers believe the young Milky Way once swallowed a dwarf galaxy
Their findings could change what we know about the Milky Way’s formation.
Facebook gives creators more ways to make money
They can earn extra revenue directly from fans and new ad placements.
Artificial meteor shower displays are coming
Move over fireworks, on-demand shooting stars are going to be a thing.
Researchers may have detected signals from the universe’s first stars
Evidence suggests they began to form 180 million years after the Big Bang.
NASA study will help identify potentially habitable planets
Stars must emit just enough near-infrared light to prevent the loss of oceans.
An excess of 'failed' stars is a bad sign for alien life
There could be 100 billion brown dwarfs in our galaxy, many more than thought.
Early universe 'fireworks' challenge notions of how stars form
The ancient cosmos may have been packed with tiny star incubators.
Milky Way's fastest stars could be runaways from another galaxy
Hypervelocity stars might not come from black holes after all.
Watch the ESA trace 2 million stars' journey across the skies
Our descendants sure won't see the same constellations we do.
Supermassive black hole set a record for longest lunch ever
The feeding frenzy enriches our understanding of the universe.
Magnetic fields could explain an 'erratic' neutron star
Scientists have a theory for Rapid Burster's unusual X-ray blasts.
Rare red nova explosion could add a star to the sky in 2022
A Calvin College astronomer has predicted the stellar event is just a few years away.
Astronomers have found the roundest object in the universe
The star, Kepler 11145123, is the closest celestial body to a perfect sphere we've ever observed.
President Obama calls for a plan to deal with extreme space weather
The risk is more real than you might think.