An image from NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory shows a glowing hand stretching across the cosmos with its palm and fingers ...

Today, let's talk about a monumental event happening in the universe: the strongest supernova explosion in history. This event is truly shocking and beyond imagination! This supernova shines 57 ...

Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Around 11,300 years ago, a massive star teetered on the precipice of annihilation. It pulsed with energy as it expelled its outer layers, shedding the material ...

A key mystery about Type Ia supernovas is that, in the dominant theory known as D6, a white dwarf would need a companion star in order to explode. This so-called D6 scenario is shorthand for ...

Researchers, including a Rutgers astronomer, reveal new insights into a star's death in its final momentsA team of scientists, including Rutgers-New ...

Located 12.8 billion light-years away, the black hole, called RACS J0320-35, weighs about a billion times the mass of our sun ...

New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...

A study using the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes has revealed that "an exploded star can pose more risks to nearby planets than previously thought." The Chandra team ...

Astronomers find an explanation for the fastest stars in the galaxy while uncovering a new mechanism for a supernova explosion. - Technion illustration Astronomers call a special kind of supernova a ...

Gamma ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing as much energy as the Sun will in its 10 ...

An eerie blue hand seems to be reaching out across the universe in a recently released image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...