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 ...

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 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 ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed close-up images ever taken of stars exploding, known as novae. These pictures ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...