A supernova is one of the most powerful and awe-inspiring events in the universe. It marks the violent death of a star, and ...

Rich with detail, the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 1309 is about 100 ...

Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to ...

Astronomers believe there are two main types of GRBs, neither of which are long-lived. A short-period GRB’s initial phase ...

A seemingly ordinary white dwarf star, located just 130 light-years away, has revealed an extraordinary secret: it is the ...

This breathtaking Hubble image of spiral galaxy NGC 1309 reveals more than swirling stars and glowing dust—it holds a cosmic ...

An international team of astrophysicists, led by Northwestern University and the University of Leicester in England, has ...

In a spectacular image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 glows with cosmic elegance and hides a strange survivor.

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine brighter than anything currently visible in the night sky. But ...

The smoking gun of the creation of lithium in explosions on white dwarf stars may have been found, in a spike of gamma rays originating from a nova.

A cosmic formation known as the 'dumbbell nebula' will be visible from Earth in August. Will you need a telescope to see it?

A typical white dwarf’s core elements are obscured by thick layers of hydrogen and helium—but that covering almost entirely ...