Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When you take a look at the stars in the night sky, they generally ...

A newly spotted supernova drenched in hydrogen could offer proof for the binary-system theory of Type Ia supernovae. Although supernovas are so brilliant that they can be seen far across the Universe, ...

Stars are the warm beating hearts of planetary systems. Our planet’s entire ecosystem is built on energy from the Sun. Photons enter the atmosphere and interact with plants, which convert that energy ...

Astronomers have unveiled the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever created, offering a sprawling, interactive cosmic panorama with unprecedented detail.

Researchers have found dust from an exploded star, or supernova, in snow from Antarctica, according to a study published this month. The discovery could provide lessons about the solar system’s ...

This animation combines four real images of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the first taken in January 2019 and the others taken in December 2019, January 2020 and March 2020, during the star’s ...

A star collapses when it dies, spewing space dust in a giant cloud of elements that make for very beautiful Hubble Telescope photos. The "explosion," called a supernova, results in either a black hole ...

This artist’s view shows a white dwarf star accumulating material from a nearby red giant star. Ultimately, the white dwarf erupts into a supernova. (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canaria Illustration / ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 ...