The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in the Cassiopeia constellation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA, ...

A supernova literally means explosion of a star in space.

When Pagan and DePasquale first receive the images, they appear in black and white. The colors are added to the image later, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen using infrared technology, and ...

The initial findings offer novel perspectives on the relationship between star formation and the evolution of galaxies.

Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockwave reached the star's surface, it punched through, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in the Cassiopeia constellation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA, ...

From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA ...

Crab Nebula Composite: A detailed image combining X-rays from the Chandra Observatory and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope, highlighting the remnants of a supernova explosion. Cat's Paw ...

But 100 years ago, astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953), working at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, made a stunning discovery: He calculated that a spiral nebula called Andromeda was ...

Why it's so special: This stunning image from the Hubble Space Telescope depicts a star-forming region called Sharpless 2-106, or S106 for short. Characterized by its "wings," it is classified as ...

Hubble Spots Fireworks in Westerlund 2 ... Elementary Nature of Cassiopeia A: This image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the location of different elements in the Cassiopeia A ...