Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting ...

Is there anything more dramatic than an exploding star? More than just extraordinarily bright, energetic events that can ...

Astronomers may have misread cosmic acceleration for 27 years. The universe may be slowing down, not speeding up.

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...

If a massive star near Earth exploded into a supernova, the result wouldn’t just be beautiful — it would be catastrophic.

Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against ...

"Remarkable" findings from Yonsei University cast doubt on 'dark energy' theory and claim there is "no evidence" of an ...

Each cell of Jesus’ body embodies his love for his creation—not only humans but also the animals, plants, mountains, and ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

Astronomers have detected the most distant and biggest black hole flare ever seen, the result of a black hole ripping apart ...

An artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole tearing apart and devouring a giant star more than 30 times the mass of ...