Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

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

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

From Mercury’s peak visibility to the Southern delta Aquariids meteor shower, July’s skywatching lineup promises an array of ...

How light is light? The James Webb Space Telescope has just been able to directly image a planet so light and faint that, in ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

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

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...