Data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope has revealed spider pulsars, which are a group of dead stars, in globular cluster Omega ...

Astronomers have observed a stellar vampire feeding on a 'failed star' brown dwarf companion for the first time, and this ...

IntroductionIn this series, I am testing the hypothesis that "the universe might be a simulation running on a massive ...

A pulsar appeared to be slowing down around 100 times faster than expected. Scientists eventually traced the mystery to a ...

Scientists discover unique ‘phoenix’ planet that was born from a dying star - World is made up of pieces of a dying sun, ...

In 1967, a PhD student at Cambridge University made a historic discovery - a “completely unanticipated” find with far-reaching scientific consequences.

Historically, there have been at least two controversial precedents involving a Nobel Prize in science and a key research ...

A second-generation planet might be orbiting a white dwarf, in an astronomy first, according to new research.

Neutron stars, the extremely dense remains of massive stars that exploded at the end of their lives, are widely studied ...

Astronomers have discovered the first candidate for a second-generation planet that may have formed after its star died — ...