But it will actually be painful to look at because, unlike the full moon that is this gorgeous disk in the sky, Betelgeuse is ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...

As he prepares to auction off his collection of Arctic Monkeys-related memorabilia, the musician recounts "the time of my ...

As part of this, the research team calculated the supernova rate within 20 parsecs of the Sun, or approximately 65 ... only two nearby stars that could go supernova within the next million years ...

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

Astronomers have used near-infrared light to explore the extreme forces behind the eruption of LMC68, a recurrent nova in the ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

And without an ozone layer, it means the Earth is vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation from the Sun ... supernova candidates within 30 light years of the Earth. The nearest candidate that is about ...

NEW YORK -- A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the ...