Decades in the making, NASA's X-ray timelapse shows a stellar explosion expanding into space at up to 2% the speed of light.

Space scientists have released jaw-dropping scenes capturing a star’s violent death — recorded over more than two and a half decades.

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

As the new year unfolds, January 3, 2026, will present a captivating celestial event: the first full moon of the year, known as the Wolf Moon. This extraordinary sight will reach its peak fullness at ...

Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.

In a series of observations that read like science fiction, astronomers now suspect they have watched a star quite literally ...

Illinois residents may be able to catch a peek of the first full moon of 2026 tonight. Here's when to venture outside.

A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The ...

When we talked about searching for life on Europa, we didn't mean making the place a nightmare for arachnophobes.

January 2026 full moon is set to usher in the new year. Here's when it rises and why it is called the "Wolf Moon".

A new study questions dark energy's role in the universe's acceleration, suggesting it may be weakening instead.

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