New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

Astronomers have captured a stunning, detailed image of the nearby Sculptor galaxy, spanning an impressive 65,000 light years ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

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

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

The Sh2-46 nebula has been captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The nebula is ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

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

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

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