The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop. Dutch astrophotographer Cornelis ...

Scientists, using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, have witnessed the initial moments of a supernova, SN 2024ggi, located ...

Kentucky-based astrophotographer David Joyce has shared a glorious deep space vista revealing the fossil light of a vast supernova remnant created in the death throes of an enormous star some 10,000 ...

A new image taken with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a ...

This infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, released by NASA on Aug. 31, 2023, shows internal details of the evolving supernova 1987a that have never been observed in the visible spectrum ...

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The Chandra X-ray Observatory turns 25 next month, and to celebrate, NASA is bringing some of its most intriguing landmarks into your home. Using augmented reality-equipped Instagram filters, everyday ...

This supernova dominated our skies for weeks, a thousand years ago. It was brighter than Venus and visible during the day, and observers documented it in China, Japan, Europe and the Arab world. We ...