Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

Astronomers have witnessed a rare cosmic event, where a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) has transformed directly into a black hole, without the usual supernova explosion. The phenomenon ...

Stars have a life and death-cycle. Those that are about eight times more massive than the Sun explode as supernovae at the ...

This is not carelessness, but the possible discovery of a rare stellar event in the Andromeda galaxy. A red supergiant star ...

A star that winked out of view could be a “failed supernova,” a stellar explosion that petered out instead of fully detonating, a new study reports. If real, the failed supernova would mark the birth ...

The spiral arms of nearby galaxy Messier 81 is captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This galaxy is easily visible ...

For example, the moon circles Earth, which in turn orbits the sun along with the rest of the solar system, which is itself ...

Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots ...