"Using the new common signal, we can determine how much of what we're seeing is cosmic glare from light bouncing off the hood ...

Dark cloud obscures hundreds of background stars." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 01 / 150107081659.htm (accessed June 2, 2025). Explore More ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The mass of Stein 2051 B, a white dwarf star located about 18 light-years from Earth, has ...

This illustration shows how the gravitational field of a white dwarf star warps space to bend the light of a distant background star. Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope measured this ...

Barnard 68 is a nearby molecular cloud with higher density than the space around it. Left: The cloud absorbs light from the stars behind it at optical (short) wavelengths, appearing dark.

The mass of a white dwarf star located about 18 light-years from Earth, has been a subject of some controversy for over a century. Now, a group of astronomers has finally made a precise ...

New research shows how observers can determine satellite shapes by watching them occult background stars. There are thousands of satellites in LEO, a region defined as below an altitude of 2,000 ...

Greetings, stargazers. Aquila, the Eagle, may not be the most well-known, or most recognizable constellation, but it is straightforward to find, and is worth adding to your repertoire. It is one ...