When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 ...

The Crab Nebula has been one of astronomy’s most scrutinized objects for nearly a millennium, yet Hubble’s first fresh look ...

When a massive star runs out of fuel and approaches the end of its life, it explodes in a huge outpouring of energy called a supernova. These events can be so bright that they outshine entire galaxies ...

The somewhat amorphous spiral galaxy UGC 2890 appears side-on in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, with bright foreground stars studding the image. This galaxy, which lies around 30 million ...

The Crab Nebula, one of the most studied remnants of a supernova explosion observed nearly a thousand years ago, has been ...

Through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The light from the ...

Thanks to a cosmic magic trick, the Hubble Space Telescope witnesses three different moments in a star's explosive death process. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has identified a star that was one million times brighter than the Sun before it exploded as a supernova in 2005. According to current theories of stellar evolution, the ...