Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars, is set to go supernova soon. This event will make it shine as brightly as the full ...

A team of astronomers believe they’ve witnessed a star split in half before merging back together again, triggering an ...

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...

A star exploded at the dawn of time, and the James Webb Space Telescope just caught the moment the light finally reached us.

A superkilonova candidate event, named AT2025ulz, was observed in 2025; LIGO and Virgo first spotted gravitational waves, ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

A dozen luminous blue outbursts were thought to be unusual supernovae. A new outburst, the brightest yet, suggests it's ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

The year’s most memorable moments from astronomy and space exploration include a double-detonating supernova, a private moon ...