A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...

Never–before–seen details of the eerie Red Spider Nebula have been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ahead of ...

Astronomers discover a 3-billion-year-old white dwarf, LSPM J0207+3331, actively accumulationplanetary material long after its star’s death, revealing ongoing dynamics in ancient stellar remnants.

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

This new image from JWST also reveals for the first time the full extent of the nebula's lobes, or the spider's "legs", seen ...

NOAA's CCOR-1 coronagraph captured the blast that showed the sun's raw power in action.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) captured the star as it reaches the end of its life.

Astronomers have used simultaneous ground-based and space-based observations to measure the temperature and velocity of gas ...

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...