The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

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Optics 11 claims its underwater surveillance system can keep constant tabs on ships while remaining undetected.

By comparing optical clocks in six different countries, researchers have taken a major step toward establishing a new global ...

Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has extended its non-contact laser distance sensor portfolio with a low cost unit that is even more robust and compact than its predecessor measuring distances ...

In a nutshell Scientists identified over 500 planetary nebulae in the Sculptor galaxy, 20 times more than previous surveys, using the MUSE instrument, but the distance estimate they produced was ...

It's an impressive feat for Bogong moths, whose brains are smaller than the size of a grain of rice, to rely on the night sky ...

Explained: light’s ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy When light travels unimpeded, it loses no energy. It can maintain that 300,000-km-per-second speed forever ...