Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have instead ...

These cosmic filaments contain 12 trillion solar masses of 10-million-degree gas, helping solve the "missing matter" mystery.

Seen as a long strand with smaller threads branching, the Quipu superstructure contains 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 ...

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 — and included a special ...

The Big Bang may mark an end—not the start—of a previous universe's aeon. Penrose's theory sees the universe as an eternal ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Learn how scientists found the universe's missing matter hiding in a massive cosmic filament stretching 23.5 million ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

Astronomers have discovered extraordinarily powerful X-ray jets blasting from two supermassive black holes that are so ...