A 'prelude to a supernova' is how NASA describes this stunning new James Webb Space Telescope image of Wolf-Rayet Star WR 124 ...

Astronomers recorded the longest gamma-ray burst in history, GRB 250702B, that may be a cosmic event completely new to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in ...

A study looking at ancient texts may have found evidence of a galactic supernova in a poem praising Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, written between December 1181 and May 1182 CE. The ...

The spacecraft in question are NASA’s Europa Clipper, going to the eponymous icy moon of Jupiter, and the European Space ...

NASA has shared 10 breathtaking images capturing the vibrant beauty of the cosmos, featuring colourful stars, glowing nebulae ...

New X-ray observations reveal Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion is not a collapsed stellar remnant but a young, Sun-like ...

NASA states It’s a protostar (a young star gathering mass from its environment) surrounded by a massive planet-forming disc.

On July 2, 2025, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) captured around three hours' worth of signals that appeared ...

It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant ...

Researchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, ...