NASA says observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a surprising new twist in the study of a star believed to have engulfed a planet. The latest data suggests that instead of the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument has captured the final moments of a planet's existence, unexpectedly ...

A previously dormant supermassive black hole in the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located roughly 300 million light-years from Earth, ...

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ALMA has revealed evidence of a new type of slim, filamentary structure that drives cycles of depletion and replenishment. At ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

When T CrB does explode, it will look like a very bright star in the night sky in the Corona Borealis constellation. People around the world will be able to track its brightness, providing better ...

They are rich in gas and young stars, making them ideal subjects for studying galaxy evolution. The LMC and SMC are connected by a stream of gas known as the Magellanic Bridge and are slowly being ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

Planets are eaten by dying stars as they turn into red giants and expand. Earth will be eaten by the sun in billions of years ...

Scientists have observed a previously inactive supermassive black hole producing regular, powerful X-ray eruptions that ...

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it consumed little matter and was in a dormant state. But recently it suddenly lit ...