Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open ...

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

In 1925, Payne-Gaposchkin became the first person to earn a doctoral degree (PhD) in astronomy from Harvard University. Her doctoral thesis, ‘Stellar Atmospheres: A Contribution to the Observational ...

Archaeologists often seek to understand ancient cultures by studying images left behind on rock faces. While these images ...

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New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

"The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Krishnan, Valiamala, Varkala, Thumba, Bekal, ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected 'mini-lightning' on Mars for the first time, capturing faint crackles from dust-driven ...

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A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

A University of Southampton study has revealed an intriguing new clue in the mystery of what triggers periods of very intense, brightly colored activity during displays of both the southern and ...