The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024. At a glance, it appeared to be a run-of-the-mill gamma ray burst, which ...

One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers. Zhang and his colleagues ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

The protoplanetary disk is actually a Herbig-Haro object dubbed HH 30. Such objects are glowing regions in space that contain ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image ...

Astronomers looked more closely at one of seven stars that looked like possible Dyson sphere candidates from earlier observations.

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

Transient absorption spectroscopy of rose bengal reveals triplet state dynamics, crucial for optimizing photosensitizers in ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...