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

The mysterious 10-second flash of energy, first detected in March, has been identified thanks to NASA's ever-impressive James ...

Gamma rays are invisible and ultra-powerful forms of light. They are the most energetic source of radiation known in the ...

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

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured stunning footage showing the remains of Kepler's Supernova, a star that exploded in ...

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

Astronomers have captured the moment a supermassive black hole literally tore apart a super sun (one 30 times larger than our ...

"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a ...

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.