“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

Astronomers have traced a mysterious blast of X-rays to a star that, like a cosmic action hero, just refused to die.

When white dwarfs—the hot remnants of stars like our sun—are orbited closely by another star, they sometimes steal mass away ...

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...

Unlike rocky planets where asteroid impacts leave visible craters, gas giants like Saturn have outer layers of hydrogen and ...

Astronomers investigate a potential impact on Saturn after a bright flash was caught on camera. NASA image may show first ...

A close-in exoplanet is triggering stellar flares and self-destructing. This is the first direct evidence of planet-star ...

Scientists found low-density amorphous ice in space isn’t fully random - it hides tiny crystals, reshaping our understanding ...

A mysterious glow on Saturn, captured by amateur astronomer Mario Rana on July 5, 2025, has ignited excitement. The footage ...

Saturn is a big planet and even though it's getting hit with space debris every day, we've never captured it on camera, but ...

Astronomers have discovered KiDS J0842+0059, a rare fossil galaxy three billion light-years away, offering new insights into ...