Scientists discover a star, HD 254577, that survived a supernova and is now racing through space, revealing how the explosion ...

It was only last October that telescopes spotted a gamma ray burst—caused by the collapse of a black hole—that was so ...

Astronomers studying a distant superluminous supernova uncovered a strange pattern hidden in its light: a rapidly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This combined image shows Pa 30, a unique stellar remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia. (Credit: NASA/CXC) It's never too late ...

In a new set of images, NASA has revealed details of the supernova remnant SN 185, which exploded over 1,800 years ago. The ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...

Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given them an unprecedented look into the final years of a massive star before ...

An artist’s interpretation of light from a supernova passing through a gravitational lens, reaching Earth at different times. (CREDIT: Oskar Klein Center, University of Stockholm / Samuel Avraham & ...

The ‘guest star’ of 185 AD has been one of astronomy's most unresolved cases for over 1800 years. Ancient Chinese chroniclers ...

It's never too late to solve a cold case. A new paper from Syracuse University researchers proposes an explanation for both a mysterious stellar object discovered in the year 2013 and an astronomical ...