The Sun will someday die. This will happen when it runs out of hydrogen fuel in its core and can…
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Every night, as telescopes around the world open their domes to study the cosmos, astronomers are forced to contend with…
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late on July 1,…
Professional astronomers don’t make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead, they collect…
Having Starlink finally appear on the South African landscape could significantly change how some parts of the country function. BEE…
When you put your hand out the window of a moving car, you feel a force pushing against you called drag.…
With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance…
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they…
The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many…
Barnard’s Star is a small, dim star, of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one…