Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...
Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...
From the mysterious 'eye in the sky', to the majestic 'waterfall of stars', check out these 7 enchanting images of galaxies ...
Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to start with.
The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.
A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...
The Andromeda Galaxy During November we have an excellent opportunity ... At a distance of 224,853 miles, (average distance from Earth – 238.000 miles), this last ‘supermoon’ will make for an ...
Stellar Stories Hera spacecraft launched The European Space Agency's Hxera spacecraft launched on October 7, initiating an ...
Two of them, the Magellanic Clouds, can be seen with the naked eye from Earth's southern hemisphere. They look like detached scraps of the Milky Way.) The Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy ...