A nova 3,000 light-years away is due to become visible from Earth. T Coronae Borealis could be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks. A few tips can help you see this cosmic burst, which will ...

Dark matter, if it exists, is probably in the latter category. If hypothetical weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are real, their collisions with regular matter may have left fossil traces ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...

The IceCube will search for neutrinos, tiny subatomic particles created by exploding stars, gamma-ray bursts, and other phenomena like black holes What’s remarkable about the IceCube Telescope isn’t ...

A supernova is seen in the galaxy M82 on Jan 21, 2014. The same view, taken Dec. 10, 2013, is shown above for comparison. Last night, telescopes at the University of London Observatory (UCL) spotted ...

WASHINGTON – A massive exploding faraway star – the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen – has scientists wondering if a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to ...

Scientists have for the first time peered inside a dying star as it exploded in a supernova, gaining not just unprecedented views of its layers, but more so, insight into the process of stellar ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but they came close enough to leave a permanent mark on the thin mist of gas that ...

Astronomers have captured the clearest-ever close-up images of two exploding stars, events known as novae, within days of their eruption. These detailed images show that such explosions are far more ...

Purple ochre sea star, Ganges Harbour, B.C. Purple ochre sea stars are facing extinction in Oregon due to the same mysterious disease seen around Vancouver Island last summer, says a report from ...