‘In the News’ Archives

In July 2025, astronomers announced they’d detected a companion star orbiting the red supergiant Betelgeuse. … “Astronomers detect wake of Betelgeuse’s companion star”

Understanding how galaxies grow has long stood as one of astronomy’s core challenges. Over time, … “Colliding galaxies ignite the universe’s most powerful black holes, Euclid data finds”

A distant stellar explosion has offered astronomers a rare natural experiment, one that turns gravity … “10 billion-year-old supernova sheds new light on cosmic expansion and dark energy”

A classical nova may look simple at first. A faint star brightens, sometimes enough for … “New images reveal an early-stage stellar eruption (nova) in stunning detail”

A year ago tomorrow, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun. And … “Parker Solar Probe spots solar wind ‘U-turn'”

Look up on a dark night and the stars seem scattered at random. Step back … “At 50 million-light-years long, scientists discover one of the universe’s largest structures”

From your place inside the Milky Way, you are living within a galaxy that keeps … “The Milky Way’s stars reveal a hidden history of two galaxies in one”

We’d be remiss to have the holiday season pass by without showcasing the lovely Christmas … “The Christmas Tree cluster”

Astronomers spotted a gamma-ray burst – named GRB 250702B – on July 2, 2025. It’s the … “Long-lasting gamma-ray burst is a unique puzzle”

For 2 decades, astronomers have puzzled over how supermassive black holes already existed less than a billion … “New evidence for monster stars from the cosmic dawn”