White dwarfs—the dense, fading cores left behind after stars like our sun die—are usually calm, cool, and ancient. Over ...

The new moon will see dark skies for the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, while three days will pass in front of the red ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star ...

Old binary star systems may contain stars that are even hotter than scientists previously believed. White dwarfs are the dense, compact remains left behind when stars exhaust their nuclear fuel, a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our ...

White dwarfs are the compact remnants of stars that have stopped nuclear burning, a fate that will eventually befall our sun.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. NASA’s Webb and Hubble space telescopes are teaming up to find out. The Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time ...

Five-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr. is taking a recruiting visit to UK basketball. Rippey is ranked as the top point guard prospect in the 2026 class. UK basketball still doesn’t have a commit from ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This movie taken by NASA'S Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows one of the largest flares, or star eruptions, ever ...

This compact and portable smart telescope provides an affordable way for beginners to get started with astroimaging.

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature with “long” fingers lurking near a temple in Thailand and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View ...