A star system in our own galactic neighborhood is poised to put on a show so bright it could briefly rival the planets and ...

NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we know it.

For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few "wandering stars" (that we now know are planets). As we improved our ability to perceive the cosmos with ...

This artist's concept visualizes a kilonova – an explosion that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole collide and merge. When these collisions happen, a fraction of the ...

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated ...

The John N. Bahcall Lecture Series Presenter: Robert Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University Exploding stars halfway across the universe show that the expansion of the universe is ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. As NASA’s premier X-ray telescope, Chandra gives us a powerful tool to investigate hot regions of the Universe, from black holes, to exploding ...