Binary neutron star mergers emit gravitational waves followed by light. To fully exploit these observations and avoid missing key signals, speed is crucial. An interdisciplinary team of researchers ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids ...

Binary neutron star mergers occur millions of light-years away from Earth. Interpreting the gravitational waves they produce ...

Neural network registers gravitational wave signal from neutron star collisions early on and shows telescopes where to find ...

The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star.

Locating sources of gravitational waves using artificial intelligence could enable astronomers to point telescopes at stellar ...

Gaia, a mission designed to map stars, has accidentally become a planet hunter. Using precise astrometry, it detected stellar ...

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, ...

Two planets stand out in March's evening sky, but let's start our tour with a pair of lesser lights that hug the western ...

At the edge of the Milky Way, there are a surprising number of hyper-fast stars that originate from outside. They apparently ...

An X-ray flash coming from an unusual binary star system was recently spotted with help from the unique "Lobster eyes" on the ...