Hubble spots three young stars going through growth spurts
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a trio of young stars in the process of becoming their best selves in...
SpaceX Starship Flight 5
Dead star emits perplexing shock wave for 1,000 years
A star spends its entire life influencing the cosmos across billions of miles in all directions. In certain circumstances, the...
Mysterious space object is full of dark matter
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of cosmic entity while harnessing the Hubble Space Telescope. Detailed...
James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes snap images of same nebula, 10 years apart
In 2015, NASA celebrated the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th year in orbit by releasing one of its most stunning images...
Massive newborn star is firing two plasma jets at once
A newborn star 15,000 light-years from Earth is fascinating astronomers with its dual blasts of superheated plasma jets. The rare...
Black hole unleashes brightest flare ever—brighter than 10 trillion suns
It’s hard to wrap your head around the fundamentals of a black hole. From event horizons to singularity points and...
44 million Milky Way stars glimmer in galaxy’s largest 3D map
A new 3D map can take you 4,000 light years from the sun–without leaving Earth. This first-of-its kind project from...
Violent supernova spilled a star’s ‘guts’ before exploding
A completely new supernova variant finally shows a glimpse of a star’s innermost “guts” moments before its destruction. Detailed in...
Early galaxy looked like lumpy ‘cosmic grapes’
A cluster of “Cosmic Grapes” is challenging current theoretical models on how galaxies formed during the universe’s earliest eons. After...
Betelgeuse’s companion star finally located after years of debate
Humans have gazed up at Betelgeuse for thousands of years. As one of the night sky’s brightest stars, the red...
Rare cataclysmic exploding star spotted by citizen scientists
Two years ago, a team of astronomers requested help from citizen scientists around the world for the Kilonova Seekers Project....
Astronomers detect most powerful explosions since Big Bang
At any given time across the universe, massive cosmic bodies are releasing incomprehensible amounts of energy. Stars burn like celestial...
