Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...

Theologians, historians and astronomers have debated the Biblical story for centuries. "The Adoration of the Magi" by Guiseppe Chiari (1654-1727). The Virgin Mary, seated on the left and turned to the ...

Astronomers may have seen a space event that has never been clearly confirmed before. It is called a superkilonova, and it may have been detected in August 2025. The event happened very far from Earth ...

The NASCAR champion was on his way to Florida for a "birthday trip," his mother-in-law told PEOPLE. Biffle would have turned 56 on Tuesday, Dec. 23 Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE.

AI video translation is not yet a perfect substitute for human translation, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The new study, "Generative AI for Video Translation: Consumer ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a ...

To travel beyond nearby stars humanity would need to survive journeys lasting centuries or longer. This explores how long term life in space could be made possible through generation ships life ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big ...