Thanks to Hubble’s magnificent sensitivity, it pulled out a wealth of details hidden in faint light and brought this distant ...

Few stars have rattled astronomers quite like Betelgeuse, the swollen red beacon in Orion that dimmed so dramatically in ...

Crab Nebula reveals gas from ancient supernova explosion Betelgeuse shows late-stage evolution of a massive star Stellar death spreads elements, triggering new star formation ...

In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA consultant.

Ever wonder how much of what you know about space is actually true? Popular culture has fed us a steady diet of space misconceptions for decades, from exploding astronauts to silent vacuums. Let's be ...

From the meteor showers to super moons, this time of year gives us a front row seat to one of the most active regions of the ...

Nebulae are some of the most breathtaking sights in the universe — vast clouds of gas and dust where stars are born, or where they meet their spectacular ends. From the delicate wisps of the Veil ...

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...