Supernovae aren't one of the JWST's main science themes, but the perceptive telescope is full of surprises. Recently, it ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)'s backdrop is dominated by the Eagle Nebula — a vast cosmic structure of dust and hydrogen-rich gas ...

The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals that massive exploding stars can forge far more of life's essential ingredients ...

The winter sky is dominated by the constellation of Orion, halfway up from the southern horizon. Its two brightest stars - Betelgeuse and Rigel compete for your attention. Add the three stars between ...

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

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

When a massive star dies, astronomers expect a familiar chemical script: hydrogen and helium on the outside, heavier elements ...

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of ...

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been ...

Instead of limiting methods that rely on stellar positioning or gas distribution alone, an international team utilized the ...