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

Astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a white dwarf star undergoing a rare “double detonation” before exploding in a Type Ia supernova. Studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 with ESO’s ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...

The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area ...

The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in ...

The telescope has the largest digital camera ever made. It’s so precise that one image alone contains 10 million galaxies.

UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory was conceived nearly 30 years ago, and now we are finally seeing the first images captured by ...

The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the ...

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...