Latest articles by Jeanna Bryner
New research reveals three rings surrounding a nearby star.
A new infrared image reveals how hefty stars trigger stellar newborns.
The word "planet" has meant many different things over the millennia and even still its definition is evolving.
Two planetary scientists duke it out over Pluto.
Scientists will convene this month to figure out what makes an object a planet.
A giant lake full of ethane and methane has been confirmed to exist on Titan.
Sex in space could be right around the corner.
New research gives a detailed account of an ancient asteroid impact.
Astronomers are optimistic they will find Earth-like worlds in the near future.
Pluto went from planet to dwarf planet and the latest name, plutoid.
Two stars thought to be identical twins were born a half million years apart.
Astrophysicists look to the sun in their search for dark matter.
Astronomers announced the discovery of three oversized Earths orbiting a sun-like star.
Astronomers have witnessed the early stages of a star's death.
Astronomers concoct recipe for a telescope mirror using lunar dust.
Some of the most massive black holes use high-energy jets to stomp out star-formation.
The first-ever evidence of a neutron star collapsing into a quark star is announced.
New images reveal the Milky Way has two major arms and other minor arms.
The finding gives astronomers a way to weigh so-called supermassive black holes.
A tiny star released one of the brightest flares ever seen in the universe.
Astronomers have discovered remains of the most recent stellar explosion in our galaxy.
