The supernova is unfolding before our eyes in a spiral galaxy and astrophotographers are busy documenting its changes.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather ...

An explosive event in the sky might soon captivate stargazers, as a research team led by the University of Turku predicts that the star system V Sagittae could soon light up the sky in a way that hasn ...

As astronomers have learned more about the tumultuous and unforgiving nature of the universe, we've been comforted to know that there are no stars in our cosmic backyard threatening to go supernova.

This realization has broader implications. If Earth-like planets require an extremely rare supernova encounter, then water-depleted rocky planets might be exceptional. But if cosmic-ray immersion is ...