A failed star known as "The Accident" is changing the way we look at the galaxy
The newly discovered brown dwarf is the first of its kind
Dust is the surprisingly ordinary culprit behind a supergiant star's unusual dimming
When astronomers observed Betelguese last year, they saw it as far fainter than it should have been
The Last Stargazer takes an intimate view of the world through telescopes
Emily Levesque's portrait of "delightful isolation" is astronomer-approved
Community scientists have discovered an unusual brown dwarf star
Paul Beaulieu and Austin Rothermich were participating in the Backyard Worlds project. You can, too!
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A "strange, giant" galaxy is breaking all the rules
Without a supermassive black hole to stop them from forming, why aren’t there any young stars?
What is a comet? Your answer may depend on the language you learn in
Some astronomical terms get lost in translation, depending on the language
Scientists re-discover a long carbon chain molecule hiding in space
Cyanodecapentayne has been detected in the Taurus Molecular Cloud for the first time in over 20 years
Why is this nebula shaped like a butterfly?
A physicist dives into the science behind a new Hubble photo
Meet Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who figured out what the universe is made of
Stifled by sexism in Europe, she made foundational discoveries in astronomy after coming to the US
Meet Antonia Maury, astronomy's renegade who changed the way we classify stars
Maury was part of a group of brilliant women known as the "Harvard Computers"
Meet Annie Jump Cannon, who cataloged and ranked over 300,000 stars by their hotness
A century later, her system is still used today
Meet Vera Rubin, the stargazer who predicted dark matter
From childhood, she preferred 'to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep'
