Astronomy

From planet-scorching stellar outbursts to cataclysms so powerful they shiver the very fabric of spacetime, these are some of the biggest blasts our cosmos has to offer

A fresh look at the Helix Nebula captures new details of the cycle of stellar life and death

The James Webb Space Telescope should soon be able to spot the first generation of stars in space

Stars emit lots of green light, but our eyes don’t let us see them that way

Puzzling red spots in images from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by dense cocoons of gas

Total eclipses, lunar occultations, planetary conjunctions and meteor showers await stargazers this year

A giant asteroid has sent astronomers into a spin, setting a record for how fast it rotates on its axis

A wobbling jet from a giant, voracious black hole is suppressing star formation in a distant galaxy—and astronomers have never seen anything quite like it before

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private space telescope

Scientists have found the best evidence yet for long-predicted “failed galaxies”

Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the latter star’s brightness changes over time

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history