Astronomers are once again getting excited about a rare nova that could appear in the night sky anytime from now into the ...

Astrophysicists have proposed a new theoretical maximum lifespan for the universe, which suggests that dead stars are ...

Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or 'hot Jupiters,' astronomers can spend months or years ...

Dense cosmic objects like neutron stars and white dwarfs may decay faster than previously thought, challenging predictions.

Is frozen water scattered in systems around other stars? Astronomers have long expected it is, partially based on previous ...

Scientists in the Netherlands have found out when the universe will end, much earlier than we thought, but still very far in ...

The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a small galaxy, a loose aggregation of stars, and a satellite of the Milky Way. Its gravitational ...

Astronomers have detected a rare black hole outside a galaxy’s core devouring a star in the first known offset tidal ...

However, scientists generally think it would take less than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ...

WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

Will the Universe end in a Big Freeze, a Big Rip – or something even stranger? Take a look into the distant future with ...

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system about 3,000 light years away, is usually far too dim to see with the naked eye.