The rare supernova, named SN 2024PI ... which shows our home planet as a distant, colorful speck in a vast, mostly empty cosmos.

The Crab Nebula is a six-light-year-wide remnant of a star’s supernova explosion, capturing the intense energy released during the explosion . Astronomers used data from Hubble to ‘rewind time ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A supernova called SN 2023ixf has appeared in the outskirts of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the night sky. The exploding ...

oranges and purples of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images render the universe in brilliant color. The images the orbital observatory produces are often so ...

The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years ...

Nebulae are captivating cosmic structures, acting as star nurseries, showcasing beauty through NASA's stunning images of ...

Snapshots of colorful galaxies and planets show that the beauty of our ... depicting layers of interstellar material illuminated by a supernova in a phenomenon known as a thermal light echo. Getting a ...