Could supernovas have triggered ancient mass extinctions on Earth? New research explores how cosmic explosions may have ...

As the great detective said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled an awe-inspiring celestial spectacle of a spiral galaxy interacting with a ...

A type Ia supernova occurs when a white dwarf draws hydrogen from a companion. But Sirius A and B are too widely separated ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus.

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Originally expected to spend just eight days in orbit, the duo ultimately stayed 286 days — or more than nine months.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, ...