The James Webb Space Telescope has picked up the light from a massive star that exploded about a billion years after the birth of the universe ...

Astronomers find galaxy Y1, a young star-forming region, revealing extreme heat just 600 million years after the Big Bang.

Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY My hypothesis is that remnants of a supernova – an exploding star – had an impact on the Earth’s past climate, causing ...

For every galaxy that's visible from Earth, there are nine smaller ones that we can't see, even with all the technology we've ...

NEW YORK – Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

The handheld particle detector CosmicWatch is roughly the size of a box of animal crackers. Every time a muon passes through ...

This illustration provided by W.M. Keck Observatory depicts the insides of an exploding star. (Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory via AP) This illustration provided by W.M. Keck Observatory depicts ...