Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

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A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

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A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type ...

Researchers confirm the universe's expansion is still accelerating, challenging previous claims of dark energy weakening and halting this growth.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A University of Iowa astrophysicist helped make a first-of-its-kind discovery that is giving scientists an unprecedented look at the environment surrounding a white dwarf star, ...

A new analysis has found that the local Universe is expanding faster than predicted from the early Universe, confirming a long-standing mismatch between the two measurements. That persistent gap now ...

Dustin Swarm, an astrophysicist and assistant professor at the University of Iowa, recently helped capture the first X-ray view of a white dwarf star. Swarm, in collaboration with MIT, studied the ...

DETROIT – Parts of Michigan are at risk for “exploding trees” because of the extremely cold weather. Highs in Metro Detroit on Friday and Saturday are in the single digits, with wind chills Friday, ...