The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago, and will continue for about another 4.5 - 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf.

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

Unlike many elements found ... is compressed into a black hole, but some of it is ejected into space as a glowing cloud of ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

This gas giant has some really unique features that make it stand out. If you’re curious about space, learning a few things ...

Push open the door and your senses are immediately enveloped in the glorious aromatherapy of a proper American diner – the sweet scent of cinnamon and sugar mingling with brewing coffee, sizzling ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely valuable.

The search for dark matter requires all the best models, theories, and ideas we can throw at it. A new paper by Julia Monika ...