James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

The "Star" of Bethlehem's identity remains a mystery, captivating astronomers and believers alike with theories of rare celestial events and their symbolic power ...

In a series of observations that read like science fiction, astronomers now suspect they have watched a star quite literally ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

This study could transform our understanding of the future of the universe and raise the possibility that the universe may ...

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...