In a groundbreaking and terrifying announcement, NASA’s Chief Scientist has revealed some alarming news about Betelgeuse, one ...

Some stars have a much different end of life than previously thought. Astronomers have observed for the first time traces of a star that exploded twice. This discovery challenges current ...

Astronomers believe they've uncovered the source behind mysterious cosmic signals known as fast x-ray transients (FXTs) — and ...

Despite unprecedented achievements in the 21st century, we seem to have lost our collective awe when it comes to space.

In the first study of its kind, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan, along ...

Scientists have used machine learning to dramatically speed up the processing time when simulating galaxy evolution coupled ...

In October 1604, astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler spotted a new star in the sky and began tracking it. Over the course of several weeks, the star remained visible in the daytime and ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

"This discovery heralds a broader understanding of the diversity in massive stars' deaths and a need for deeper ...

There’s a chance we could see a white dwarf star explosion this year. T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system and recurrent nova located roughly 3,000 light-years from Earth, is expected to erupt ...

Supernovae like these are very luminous and referred to as "standard candles" in astronomy. As fixed points, they are used to ...