Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, confirmed a colossal coronal mass ejection from a distant star, a blast so powerful it could strip the atmosphere from any nearby planet. Astronomers using the Eu ...

Could humans live on Ceres someday? Consider the possibilities of colonizing the dwarf planet in our solar system.

Aliens may have lived in our solar system, according to new research. NASA scientists have unveiled evidence that the dwarf ...

Times listed are from The Sky This Week by Astronomy magazine, calculated for 40°N, 90°W. Central Wisconsin observers can expect sunrise, ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Mercury meets Mars as the Moon wanesCentral Wisconsin skywatchers will find this week packed with ...

Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 light-years away, is still consuming the rocky remains of its former ...

A white dwarf is what’s left of a star, like our Sun, that reaches the end of its life. When stars use up all their energy, they expand into red titans, burning much hotter and brighter for a short ...

The findings could change how we view planetary systems in their afterlife. A white dwarf star has been caught in the middle of consuming a planetary relic, offering fresh clues as to what happens to ...

A 3-billion-year-old white dwarf, the core of a dead star, consumed an exoplanet from its former planetary system. Credit: NASA / ESA / Joseph Olmsted illustration A dead star core about 145 ...