The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding ...

We know not all eruptions will not end in a supernova explosion. For example, in the 1840s, Eta Carinae—a star 100 times larger than the sun—experienced the "Great Eruption" launching 30 times ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the mesmerizing galaxy LEDA 22057, home to a recent supernova explosion, SN 2024PI. This ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million ...

Observations of VFTS 243 provide evidence that black holes can form directly from the collapse of massive stars, without a ...

Astronomers have discovered a new class of cosmic explosions, known as 'millinovas,' which are 100 times brighter than the Sun ... form in the violent explosion, called a supernova, of a massive ...

Revised data shows G278.94+1.35, a supernova remnant, is closer to Earth at 3,300 light years with smaller dimensions ...

Some space images have become timeless icons of our exploration of the cosmos. Take the famous photo of the Pillars of ...

The explosion T Corona Borealis is a phenomenon caused by two stars that orbit one another 3,000 light years away ...

We know not all eruptions will not end in a supernova explosion. For example, in the 1840s, Eta Carinae - a star 100 times larger than the Sun - experienced the "Great Eruption" launching 30 times ...