By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

A fresh analysis of a decade's worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

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A study suggests planets in white dwarf habitable zones could sustain life for billions of years through key biological ...

PUNCH comprises four separate satellites; this artist’s concept shows the single craft carrying the Narrow Field Image (NFI) designed to study the inner regions of the Sun’s corona.

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