A recent study of the spectra of white dwarfs has shown that if people were to look at these tiny stars up close, they would ...

Using ALMA, astronomers have detected voids and gaps in the compact disks surrounding young stars in the constellation Lupus.

An asteroid with a diameter of 2.53 km has been discovered that completes an orbit in a record 4.18 minutes, indicating that ...

On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from an altitude of 39 km, setting a record for the fastest free fall. This is ...

Researchers from the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy have studied how planetary systems depend on the ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland sheds light on a little-studied aspect of space ...

During active periods, Jupiter's magnetic disk is covered with ripples. These ripples are created by breaks in the magnetic ...

Japan is launching the MMX probe on October 19. It will be the first to land on Phobos, one of Mars' moons, and will return ...

An American startup wants to launch cargo into space and is proposing a cannon with a 10-kilometer-long barrel to replace the ...

Astronomers have detected and confirmed the most distant known fast radio burst—FRB 20240304B—which originates from a ...

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures proposes allowing atomic time and astronomical time to gradually diverge by ...

With a temperature of about 17,000 Kelvin and high luminosity, the object AT 2026abck turned out to be significantly brighter ...