Stargazers rejoice! Dec. 4 marks the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower, as Earth passes through the trail of debris ...

If you've been outside the last night or two and noticed a star moving suspiciously fast, congratulations, you just saw the ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed close-up images ever taken of stars exploding, known as novae. These pictures ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon an incredible cosmic chain reaction: a young star launched a high-speed jet that ignited an explosion, creating a massive bubble in space that is now slamming back into ...

Do shooting stars have a high season? They do right now, with three active meteor showers ramping up in our nighttime sky. All three meteor shower events are different, with their own timing, their ...

The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years away. Scientists have captured the moment the shockwave of a supernova ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious.