In a new study published today in Nature, we report the discovery of a new long-period transient – and, for the first time, one that also emits regular bursts of X-rays. Long-period transients are a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely — is ...

Astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in collaboration with international teams, have made a startling discovery about a new type of cosmic phenomenon. The ...

A celestial object some 15,000 light-years away is emitting bright flashes of radio and X-rays that scientists are struggling to explain One of the strangest cosmic objects ever seen just got even ...

In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen's accidental discovery of X-rays marked the moment science learned to look beyond surfaces, fusing ...

"This discovery could indicate a new type of physics or new models of stellar evolution." One of the strangest cosmic objects ever seen just got even weirder — NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope caught it ...