Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead star in Cassiopeia.

Supernova remnant W44 is the focus of this new image created by combining data from ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories. W44 is the vast purple sphere that dominates the left hand ...

Messier 57, better known as the Ring Nebula, is the glowing remains of a sun-like star. It is 2,000 light-years away from the Earth. This stunning image of Ring Nebula was captured by James Webb ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

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But for a supernova to produce the strongest type ... Astronomers at the Gemini South telescope in Chile captured the aftermath of the explosion from "Gamma-Ray Burst GRB221009A." ...

A supernova is one of the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the universe. It’s an event that occurs when a star reaches the end of its life, triggering an explosion that releases immense ...

More massive stars than the Sun have a very different life cycle and follow the right hand path in the diagram above: \({Nebula}\rightarrow{protostar}\rightarrow{main~sequence~star}\rightarrow{red ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say ...