If you’re lucky—for a sufficiently broad definition of “lucky”—you’ll materialize over the surface of a star (or inside one) ...

A Chinese-led satellite mission has detected a mysterious, transient celestial object in a discovery scientists say could ...

The China Academy of Sciences revealed that the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite has identified a transient celestial object ...

A Chinese-led satellite mission has detected a mysterious, transient celestial object in a discovery scientists say could represent a previously unknown category of cosmic phenomena. Known as ...

Astronomy is a science and a hobby that loves long words, acronyms, and abbreviations. At times, listening to someone talking ...

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AST SpaceMobile launched five additional satellites, known as the BlueBird satellites, on September 12th, 2024.

Brown dwarfs are astronomical objects that are often referred to as "failed stars" because they fall in size and mass between gas giant planets like Jupiter and the smallest stars. They have ...

These days the dazzling planet Venus looms low in the southwestern evening sky. The brightest astronomical object after the Sun and Moon, our so-called sister planet shines brilliantly ...

The Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope, sent into space in January by China, has identified a transient celestial object exhibiting flickering behavior akin to fireworks, suggesting a potential ...

However, two classes of celestial objects — double stars and planetary nebulae — break this rule. The reason is their sizes. Stars are point sources, and planetaries typically measure less ...