"Since about half the stars in our galaxy are in binary systems where life ... as its low-mass companion star with between ...

The Local Hot Bubble was first suggested over 50 years ago, with scientists theorising that a series of supernovas - massive ...

Our Solar System is located within a low-density region known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This bubble is filled with a ...

Planets, moons, and the quest for life beyond earth As we explore the vast expanse of space, we embark on a journey that ...

Our solar system sits inside this cavity that stretches at least 1,000 ... The discovery of the tunnel brings to light a 1974 ...

It's hard to imagine that someday, the Milky Way galaxy will cease to exist. Looking up at the stars, it feels as though ...

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by astrophysicist Michael Yeung of the Institute, a team of researchers has ...

11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully ... high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...