Beyond the 'Dragon Arc,' a treasure trove of unseen stars

Taking advantage of a cosmic "double lens," astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.

Scientists Trace Fast Radio Burst to Surprise Source For First Time

When a magnetar within the Milky Way galaxy belched out a flare of colossally powerful radio waves in 2020, scientists finally had concrete evidence to pin down an origin for fast radio bursts.

"Blue straggler" likely born from a collision of stars

A strange star has revealed to astronomers a mysterious past  - one that involves the merger of two ancient suns.

Astronomers' world-first discovery: twin stars trapped in galactic black hole orbit

The discovery helps explain a long-running cosmic mystery about why some stars hurtle through space much faster than others.

Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy

For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way. The star WOH G64 is located a staggering 160 000 light-years from us.

Nearly a Third of All Stars May Contain The Remains of Planets Like Earth

In recent years, astronomers have developed techniques to measure the metal content of stars with extreme accuracy.

A Star Vanished And Was Mysteriously Replaced by a Black Hole

It appears that sometimes stars fail to explode as supernovae and instead turn directly into black holes.

When Neutron Stars Collide, They Explode Like a Mini Big Bang

In August 2017, humanity observed a wonder. For the first time, we got to see two neutron stars colliding.

Wild Star Discovered Spinning an Incredible 716 Times Per Second

In the binary system 4U 1820-30, a neutron star is spinning so fast around its center axis that it completes a breathtaking 716 rotations per second. 

We Finally Know Where to Look For The Universe's Most Sought-After Particle

Neutron stars with a penchant for extreme spinning could be churning out one of the most sought-after particles in the Universe.

First Black Hole in a Triple Star System Found

In this system, called V404 Cygni, the black hole is consuming a small star that is spiraling in very close and fast while a newfound third star circles the black hole from much farther away. 

The Origins of a Rare Kind of Exploding Star Have Been Identified

One of the great mysteries of the Universe is where all the metal actually comes from.

Three Large Stars Locked in a Space Smaller Than Mercury's Orbit

TIC 290061484 is a system of gravitationally bound stars consisting of a tightly-orbiting binary pair with a third star that circles both. Astonishingly, they're so close together the entire system would fit inside the orbit of Mercury.

Astronomers track bubbles on star's surface in most detailed video yet

For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface.

'comet' Tail of Speeding Star Cluster Solves 100-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle

Terzan 5 star cluster is a copious producer of cosmic rays, because it contains a large population of rapidly rotating, incredibly dense and magnetised millisecond pulsars – which accelerate cosmic rays up to extremely high speeds.