NASA is celebrating the holiday season with photographs of the remnants of a supernova star captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The star, named Cassiopeia A (Cas A), shines brightly from ...

A nova 3,000 light-years away is due to become visible from Earth. T Coronae Borealis could be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks. A few tips can help you see this cosmic burst, which will ...

1.2 billion years away from earth, NASA’s Kepler space telescope has managed to capture a spectacle never seen before by humans on camera: the brilliant flash of an exploding star’s shockwave. WSJ's ...

(Gray News) – Stargazers could get another once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity this year. According to NASA, a star system located 3,000 light-years away from Earth is expected to be visible soon.

WASHINGTON – A massive exploding faraway star – the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen – has scientists wondering if a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to ...

NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we know it.

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

Just in time for Halloween, NASA has released detailed images of some of its spookier recent space discoveries — including a patch of pumpkin-shaped stars and the still-beating heart of a supernova.

Van Gogh's passionate and writhing work, 'The Starry Night'. - Courtesy of pixabay ‘The Starry Night’ is a masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, often called the “mad painter.” The painting is renowned for ...

The skies have been quite exciting so far this year over southern Canada with April’s spectacular solar eclipse and May’s rare northern lights show. And now next up sometime this summer may be an ...

For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few "wandering stars" (that we now know are planets). As we improved our ability to perceive the cosmos with ...