Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

Scientists found that an Australian moth navigates using a celestial compass, possibly guided by the Milky Way itself.

You can spot stunning stars, planets, and constellations; here’s how you can see them. If you’ve been meaning to spend more time under the stars, June is a great month to start.

Betelgeuse is 700 times larger than the Sun L. Calçada/AFP via Getty Images. Betelgeuse is a red giant star that’s nearing the end of its life cycle (which means it will go supernova in about a ...

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy turned stellar powerhouse, dazzling astronomers with its explosive star-forming activity and rich ...

Betelgeuse, the massive star in the constellation Orion, is on the verge of an explosive event that could affect Earth in ways we can't yet fully comprehend. This video explores the inevitable ...