For centuries, the biblical account of a celestial body leading the Magi to the birthplace of Jesus has baffled historians.

January nights are full of starry delights, and we have so many hours to enjoy them, provided the weather cooperates. As 2026 ...

Pottsville January nights are full of starry delights, and we have so many hours to enjoy them, provided the weather ...

A record-bright LFBOT exposes violent encounters between black holes and stars, helping astronomers understand extreme black ...

According to Live Science, the surface of Venus has a high albedo, reflecting about 76% of the sunlight that reaches it, ...

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A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

Together, variations in the albedo, its distance from the Earth and sun, and its phases seen from Earth can all cause the brightness of Venus to swing from -4.92 to -2.98, according to a 2018 study.

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ...

Mysterious Bright Flashes in the Night Sky Baffle Astronomers Celestial transients shine furiously and briefly. Astronomers ...

An odd star brightened for more than 70 days in 5 B.C.E., according to a Chinese text. The object may have been a comet that ...