Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades.
Using the Subaru Telescope's wide-field camera, astronomers have discovered a previously unknown structure surrounding a tiny ...
98.5% of the Sun is made up of two light chemical elements, hydrogen and helium, while the remaining 1.5% consists of other heavier elements such as carbon, oxygen, and iron. The abundance of these ...
The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...
The study of stellar astrophysics and galactic structure investigates the life cycles of stars and the organisation of galaxies. At its core, the field explores how stellar evolution, from the ...