Discover the explosive end of a star's life—supernovas. Learn what causes these cosmic events and their impact with ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from ...

Data collected by Hubble has also revealed a live Type I supernova called SN 2017GAX, which can be seen tucked just below the ...

Credit: MARK GARLICK via Astronomers have watched a massive star vanish in the night sky, only to be replaced by a black ...

NGC 1672, a stunning barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado, puts on a dazzling ...

This is not carelessness, but the possible discovery of a rare stellar event in the Andromeda galaxy. A red supergiant star ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.

From celestial fireworks caused by exploding stars to mesmerizing mosaics of distant nebulae, check out these 7 stunning ...

It was studied along with other galaxies like the nearby NGC 3109, shown above, to learn how galaxies form, as part of a project called The VLT Survey Telescope Survey of Mass Assembly and Structural ...

This mid-infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope excels at showing where the cold dust, set off in white, glows ...