A little more than 969 years ago—on July 4, 1054, to be precise—light reached Earth from one of the universe's most energetic and violent events: a supernova, or an exploding star. We now know that ...

Astronomers have their eyes on a new ultrabright explosion in space: a Type II supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as M101). A Type II supernova is the catastrophic end to a massive star's ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers has captured an unprecedented, ethereal view of the Crab Nebula. "The JWST’s sensitivity and spatial resolution allow us to ...

Almost a thousand years since its formation, the Crab Nebula sports complex shells of plasma, filled with tendrils, filaments ...

If aliens are synchronizing their signals with light coming from supernova 1987A, then the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is on the case. Scientists with the institution say they may ...

A new SETI technique, combining game theory, astronomy, and data analysis, aims to locate sites from which alien civilizations might transmit signals. Reading time 5 minutes A recent SETI (Search for ...

For as long as humans have been peering upward into the speckled black of night, the sky has exhibited remarkable stability. The seemingly countless stars in our Milky Way obediently hold their places ...

A glowing hand stretches across the cosmos, with its palm and fingers sculpted from the wreckage of a massive stellar explosion. The eerie structure is part of the nebula MSH 15-52, powered by pulsar ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA) Nebulae are all but impossible to spot in the night sky, but you'd never ...

SN 2023ixf is the closest supernova to Earth in more than a decade — and the perfect excuse for intelligent aliens to get our attention, new SETI research suggests. When you purchase through links on ...

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