Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers uncover how passing stars and exploding giants shaped the gas around our solar system and may still shield Earth today ...

Astronomers have captured the clearest-ever close-up images of two exploding stars, events known as novae, within days of their eruption. These detailed images show that such explosions are far more ...

Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources, offering the most comprehensive public view yet of the universe's hottest and most energetic objects. The ...

Primordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that these events could explain chemical patterns seen in ...

One of the largest known stars in the cosmos is poised for catastrophe. After witnessing the massive object undergo a dramatic transformation, a team of astronomers say the star is on the verge of ...

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

Exploding stars may have dark fuses. The same mysterious stuff that holds clusters of galaxies together could also be responsible for blowing stars apart. Stars shine by fusing hydrogen into heavier ...

NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the southern constellation Canis Major (The Great Dog). This helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages is around 15,000 light ...

A new data-gathering project at a Chilean observatory will provide reams of new data for scientists around the globe A new data-gathering project at a Chilean observatory has Duke physicists bracing ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but they came close enough to leave a permanent mark on the thin mist of gas that ...