Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97

He received a Nobel Prize for his finding. Some criticized the prize because it was a graduate student in his lab who had first detected the signals.

Carolyn Shoemaker, Hunter of Comets and Asteroids, Dies at 92

After her children left for college, she unexpectedly became astronomy’s record-setting spotter of unidentified objects hurtling through the cosmos.

Astronomers See Moons Forming in Disk Around Distant Exoplanet

Scientists have never before gotten such a clear view of moons in the making.

A Black Hole Feasted on a Neutron Star. 10 Days Later, It Happened Again.

Astronomers had long suspected that collisions between black holes and dead stars occurred, but they had no evidence until a pair of recent detections.

A Black Hole Feasted on a Neutron Star. 10 Days Later, It Happened Again.

Astronomers had long suspected that collisions between black holes and dead stars occurred, but they had no evidence until a pair of recent detections.

The Largest Comet Ever Found Is Making Its Move Into a Sky Near You

By 2031, you may be able to spot the icy object in night skies with a good telescope.

Betelgeuse Merely Burped, Astronomers Conclude

The dramatic dimming of the red supergiant in 2019 was the product of dust, not a prelude to destruction, a new study has found.