Modern researchers think they have identified the stellar remnant and are appealing to observatories to take a closer look ...

A brilliant new class of cosmic explosions has been uncovered—so powerful they outshine anything scientists have ever seen.

George Lucas created Star Wars. It is a pioneering space opera that debuted in 1977 and is set in a galaxy far, far away.

Behind this galaxy’s calm facade lies the fingerprint of a long-dead giant star. A violent supernova once rocked its structure, and scientists are using Hubble to trace how that one death influenced ...

The Helix Nebula May Actually Be The Real 'Death Star' ... and being heated to glow in X-rays," said co-author Martin Guerrero of The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia in Spain.