Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their trajectories, according to new research.

A missing star in the Andromeda Galaxy has puzzled astronomers, sparking theories from failed supernovae to stellar mergers.

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

A giant star in the Andromeda Galaxy has vanished without a trace, leaving scientists puzzled and intrigued. First observed ...

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a remarkably distant Type II supernova that ...

While two teams have ideas about what happened to yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1, ultimately, it remains a mystery.

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

Space scientists have just released spectacular images documenting the death of a star, a process that has been continuously ...

A jetliner was nearly knocked out of the sky and sent plummeting to a deadly crash that would have killed all onboard by a ...

When you imagine an explosion in space, a supernova is usually what first comes to mind. But astronomers are still quite ...