New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of an object 9,000 light-years way known as IRAS 05506+2414. It "may be an example of an explosive event caused by the disruption of a massive young ...

Stargazers have captured a stunning image of a cosmic "Hand of God". Scientists have utilized multiple telescopes to photograph a remote pulsar and its surrounding nebula that resembles a hand. In ...

NASA's alien world-hunting telescope Kepler has captured for the first time, the rare shockwave from an exploding star. Known as the "shock breakout", the shockwave lasts just 20 minutes and has until ...

Researchers, including a Rutgers astronomer, reveal new insights into a star's death in its final momentsA team of scientists, including Rutgers-New ...

A new observatory in South Wairarapa lets visitors watch exploding stars far away - and take the photos home with them. The ...