A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the first published detection of a supernova progenitor in galaxy NGC 1637, revealing a red supergiant star before explosion.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a stark warning to air pilots about the dangers of exploding space rockets after a pair of failed SpaceX launches that showered deadly debris over busy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this image taken from video, a SpaceX Super Heavy booster is seen exploding June 18 at a test site near the city of Starbase.

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 ...

A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster Wednesday – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar explosion — or any other type of normal stellar explosion." When you purchase ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...