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

Astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a white dwarf star undergoing a rare “double detonation” before exploding in a Type Ia supernova. Studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 with ESO’s ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

Hints of the very first stars to light the Universe might be discovered in a faint radio signal feebly beaming from the dawn ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

After more than two decades of planning and building, the world's largest digital camera at the heart of the Vera C. Rubin ...

The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area ...

The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in ...