Mira A is in the late stages of its life, a red giant swelling and losing mass as it prepares to fade into a white dwarf. While stars of this type routinely shed material, the sheer scale and symmetry ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems form a cornerstone of astrophysical research, uniting our understanding of the life cycles of stars with the intricate architecture of the systems that form ...

A violent outburst from a nearby star has given astronomers a rare, close-up look at how stellar tempers can threaten the habitability of surrounding planets. The event, a powerful solar storm ...

A study of more than 26,000 white dwarf stars has confirmed a long-predicted but elusive effect in these ultra-dense, dying stars: Hotter white dwarfs are slightly puffier than cooler ones, even when ...

ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has delivered amazing imagery of nearby stellar nurseries. The views were created by "piecing together more than one million images," ...

With astronomer Sandra Faber about to receive the National Medal of Science, KSBW’s evening television news program featured a story about the achievements and recognition of UCSC’s astronomy program.

Chapter I: Introduction: the dawn of astronomy -- Chapter II: The earth -- Chapter III: Tools and methods -- Chapter IV: The sun -- Chapter V: The moon -- Chapter VI: Eclipses and tides -- Chapter VII ...

In Indigenous worldviews -- where humanity, nature, and the spiritual realm are closely connected -- the night sky provides spiritual and navigational guidance, timekeeping, weather prediction, and ...