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

The fact that this carbon dust can potentially survive for centuries could change how we think about the building blocks of new stars.

The Hubble Space Telescope has once again provided astronomers with invaluable insights into the mysteries of the universe. As part of its ongoing mission, Hubble captured the light emitted by a ...

Surprisingly, we found that even significantly higher dark energy densities would still be compatible with life, suggesting ...

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

When white dwarfs—the hot remnants of stars like our sun—are orbited closely by another star, they sometimes steal mass away ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

A new class of cosmic explosions — which emit more energy than any other brightness-changing event — may come from megastars getting shredded by supermassive black holes (illustrated). Adam ...

NGC 1786’s mixed-age stars suggest globular clusters aren’t one-generation wonders, offering fresh clues to galaxy formation far beyond the Milky Way.