The Fe Kα line, or iron Kα line, is often used in astronomical research to understand the physical composition of ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems form a cornerstone of astrophysical research, uniting our understanding of the life cycles of stars with the intricate architecture of the systems that form ...

New observations reveal how black hole jets behave under pressure, offering a crucial benchmark for understanding their role ...

The Curtin University -led study, in collaboration with the University of Oxford, used a global network of radio telescopes ...

At the fringes of our galaxy, a multitude of fine ribbons of stars, previously unnoticed, has just been discovered. This find ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big Bang. In so doing, scientists hoped to gain a better understanding of how ...

Early risers can spot Comet Tempel 2 near globular cluster NGC 6712 in the southeastern sky before dawn on April 27, while astronomers have also resolved the decades-long mystery of the stellar iron ...

With astronomer Sandra Faber about to receive the National Medal of Science, KSBW’s evening television news program featured a story about the achievements and recognition of UCSC’s astronomy program.

White dwarf stars represent the evolutionary endpoints of medium- and low-mass stars, comprising the dense, electron-degenerate cores left after nuclear fuel exhaustion. In binary systems, ...

Chapter I: Introduction: the dawn of astronomy -- Chapter II: The earth -- Chapter III: Tools and methods -- Chapter IV: The sun -- Chapter V: The moon -- Chapter VI: Eclipses and tides -- Chapter VII ...

Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming physics and astronomy Ph.D. student, poses with her award-winning poster at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Phoenix, Ariz. in early January.