A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that ...
Astronomers have detected the radio afterglow of a powerful space explosion that went unseen, possibly an orphan gamma-ray burst or a rare blackhole event 1.7 billion light-years away ...
NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos. Researchers have now been able to study some of a supernova's progression by ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the first published detection of a supernova progenitor in galaxy NGC 1637, revealing a red supergiant star before explosion.
Astronomers are used to dramatic endings. When a massive star dies, it usually explodes ...
Jan. 28, 1986, 7 spacefarers were killed when shuttle Challenger exploded midair after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
The footage appears to document both incoming strikes and the fiery bursts of Ukrainian air defense systems intercepting targets in the sky.