The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun an ambitious 10-year mission to create "the greatest cosmic movie ever made." Here's what to know.

A strange "chirping" signal from a distant supernova has revealed the birth of a magnetar, confirming that these incredibly magnetic neutron stars can power the universe's brightest stellar explosions ...

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When the Strawberry Moon rises above South Carolina on Monday June 29 that is the celestial signal that summer has begun. The ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe a distant galaxy merger called CRISTAL-02. CRISTAL-02 is losing gas faster than it is creating stars, which could halt future star formation.

A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type ...

Researchers confirm the universe's expansion is still accelerating, challenging previous claims of dark energy weakening and halting this growth.

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According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here's how they plan to crack the case. The James Webb Space Telescope is ...

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - A supernova - the explosive death of a star - is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind a compact stellar remnant like a neutron ...

When most people think of a supernova, they're thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive stars that have reached the end of their time on the main sequence. They've used up ...