Collapsing monster Simulation of a primordial monster star giving birth to a quasar – an extremely luminous active galactic ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

A white dwarf is creating a shockwave as it travels through the interstellar medium. Similar shockwaves are sometimes seen as ...

Virgin Galactic was supposed to open space to the public. Instead, it struggled to fly often enough to survive. This is what ...

Black holes are not cosmic vacuum cleaners. They are among the universe’s most extreme objects - and come in different sizes.

NASA’s Chandra Observatory reveals a 25-year time-lapse of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant. Glowing debris expands at different ...

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

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

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the Milky Way’s closest companions, continues to astonish astronomers with its ...

NASA have released a photograph capturing a vivid image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy just 160,000 light-years away ...

Construction crews worked to clear the rubble of a Pennsylvania nursing home Wednesday, a day after a powerful explosion killed two people, hospitalized 20 others, sent flames shooting out and ...