A binary system 18,000 light-years away, emits X-rays as a Sun-like star orbits a dense companion, either a neutron star or black hole. Telescopes like Chandra, IXPE, and XMM-Newton capture its ...

Hubble’s image of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals a cotton candy-like cloudscape using light our eyes can’t see, like ultraviolet and infrared. The result is both beautiful and informative. NASA ...

The lives and deaths of stars shape the universe—from the gentle fading of white dwarfs to the explosive furnaces that forged ...