A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a supermassive black hole.

A potentially habitable planet, eerily similar to Earth, has been discovered after two decades of painstaking astronomical ...

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the innermost planet. A cormorant crosses the face of the full moon in ...

In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still ...

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress ...

Astronomers found an ancient planetary system being consumed by white dwarf LSPM J0207+3331, hosting the oldest, most ...

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...

Astronomers using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi Island have identified a rare, ancient ...

A strange white dwarf system is pulling a nearby planet apart, leaving scientists unsure how both objects are still orbiting together.

Three billion years ago, a sun -like star reached the end of its life, throwing off its outer layers following its red giant ...