How can we identify stars likely to host planets suitable for life? This question has long motivated astronomers, and an ...

When Anastasios Tzanidakis was sifting through some older telescope observations, he stumbled across something that should ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a dramatic cosmic crash unfolding around a distant star. While reviewing archived ...

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Bangladesh has growing academic interest in astrophysics but lacks the infrastructure for observational research ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden cosmic web of galaxies and gas by mapping hydrogen light from the early universe.

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...

Associate Professor Hanae Inami at the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center specializes in astronomy, with a particular ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing ...

Italian astronomers have performed extensive spectroscopic monitoring of a recently discovered nova known as Vulpeculae 2024, ...

The space between galaxies is not empty. In a new map of the early universe, those “blank” stretches take on a faint, ...