Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

Astronomers have observed a pair of stars locked in a death spiral, and their dance of doom is revealing more about how gravity works. The system, called ZTF J2130, sits about 4,000 light-years away.

"It’s kind of a jigsaw puzzle where all the different pieces are moving." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have ...

Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our sun millions of years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth’s sun. They left behind a trace in the clouds of gas and dust that swirl just beyond our solar system—almost ...

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