With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered ... This creates a bow shock: a shock wave of heated gas that glows red.

It's amazing what a twinkling little star can do. More information: Daniel J. Reardon et al, Bow shock and Local Bubble plasma unveiled by the scintillating millisecond pulsar J0437−4715 ...

Astronomers have been waiting patiently for months for light from a distant explosion to reach Earth, and the wait might finally pay off, according to NASA. Scientists alerted the public last year ...

The scintillation of this pulsar neighbour revealed unexpected plasma structures inside our Local Bubble and allowed us to map and measure the speed of plasma within a bow shock. It’s amazing what a ...

Spectacular new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers a detailed, never-before-seen look at a dying star. The star is actually one of two at the heart of NGC 1514, a nebula in ...

NASA’s Mars rover has spotted something out of this world — a mysterious, skull-shaped elevation – sitting on a slope where star-gazers say it doesn’t belong. The mysterious rock – dubbe ...

Spectacular new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers a detailed, never-before-seen look at a dying star. The star is actually one of two at the heart of NGC 1514 ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered ... This creates a bow shock: a shock wave of heated gas that glows red.

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." This rare event ...