The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

"Why are we here?" is humanity's most fundamental and persistent question. Tracing the origins of the elements is a direct ...

In an exciting new study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers have unveiled unexpected findings from the XRISM ...

Astronomers from Texas have witnessed the moment a star’s surface is torn apart by a supernova, becoming oblong in the ...

Astronomers have spotted an immensely powerful "zombie star" shooting through the Milky Way at more than 110,000 mph (177,000 km/h). The stellar cannonball, which has a magnetic field capable of ...

Magnetars are surrounded by the most powerful magnetic fields in the known universe, but these dead stars are also surrounded by plenty of mystery. And now, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope and ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...

Dust littered the early universe and seeded the formation of rocky planets such as the Earth. But where, exactly, most of the celestial grit came from was uncertain until now. Astronomers have found ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of its imminent, violent end." Betelgeuse may have competition for the most ...