As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems encompass the study of stars, their formation, evolution, and the planetary bodies that orbit them. Recent research in this field has made significant ...

Researchers Believe the First Stellar Explosions Might Have Released Water to Set Stage for Life After the Big Bang The vast ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

A stellar stream is a group of stars moving collectively ... a professor of physics and astronomy. "However, our research demonstrates that a collapsing SIDM subhalo could achieve the necessary ...

The results provide details of the process where enormous amounts of energy from stellar winds and radiation ... this work is published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal.

The feature in question is in the GD-1 stellar stream, a thin group of stars moving together on a shared trajectory through the Milky Way's all-encompassing halo. The GD-1 stellar stream has been ...

Davis Astronomy Club invites everyone on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 25, for a free viewing of the rare alignment of six ...