A classical nova may look simple at first. A faint star brightens, sometimes enough for you to spot without a telescope, then ...

A star system in our own galactic neighborhood is poised to put on a show so bright it could briefly rival the planets and ...

The Star of Bethlehem, a guiding light for the Magi, has long puzzled experts. NASA scientist Mark Matney proposes a 5 BC ...

There are eye-opening claims that orcas and dolphins are working together on salmon hunts and sharing food — but not everyone ...

A mysterious star described in ancient texts continues to puzzle experts, as new research offers a fresh explanation for the ...

The story of the three wise men, or Magi, following the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ that takes them to the newborn Jesus is well known. However, a mystery has surrounded this celestial object for centuries, ...

"This observation also demonstrates that we can use Webb to find individual stars when the universe was only 5% of its ...

The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

For years, scientists thought they understand what happens when stars explode. New earliest-ever mages of supernova events ...