Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our ...

A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven “superkilonova.” Although ...

The 18th day of the annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar shows a dying star that is casting off its outer layers, creating ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very ...

James Webb Space Telescope data reveals chemical evidence of massive early stars, offering clues about the formation of supermassive black holes ...